Hans Nicolai Lange

Who was Hans Nicolai Lange?

Hans Nicolai Lange was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Born in Jevnaker to Johan Jørgen Lange and Dorothea Helena Larsen, he was the older brother of politicians Otto Vincent and Ulrik Frederik Lange, brother-in-law of Nils Landmark and Even Hanssen and uncle of Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen.

In 1825 he married Anna Rebecca Blix. They had no children.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, while working as a church teacher in Drammen. He later became vicar in Bragernes parish, and was also mayor of Drammen for some time.

He died in 1848 in Paris, France due to ill health.