Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1864

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1939

Profession: politician, contributing editor, peace activist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen

  • Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen (25 February 1864 – 16 April 1939) was a Norwegian teacher, shipowner and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born in Feda in Vest-Agder, Norway.
  • He was the son of a farmer, and younger brother of politician Anders Kristian Rørvik.
  • He graduated from teacher's seminary in Christianssand (now Kristiansand) in 1883, worked as a teacher from 1883 to 1891.
  • He bought the newspaper Agder in Flekkefjord and started as editor-in-chief from 1892.
  • Two years later, he started the publication, Det Norske Fredsblad which he published and edited from 1894 to 1899. He started as a shipowner in 1898 with a focus on tankers.
  • He was a board member of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association and a supervisory council member of Den Norske Amerikalinje.He served as a member of the Parliament of Norway for the constituency Flekkefjord from 1900 to 1915 and from 1919 to 1921.
  • He was elected three times for the Liberal Party and then twice for the Liberal Left Party.
  • He also served as a deputy representative during the terms 1922–1924 and 1925 to 1927.
  • He was elected as a member of Flekkefjord city council in 1931, and was mayor of Flekkefjord in the years 1933, 1936 and 1937.He was co-founder of the Norwegian Peace Association (Nordisk Fredsforbund) in 1895, and became an honorary member.
  • He also co-founded the Nordic Peace Fund (Norges Fredsfond) in 1917 and the Nordic Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1906, and served as president of the former.
  • He sat on the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1913 to 1939, from 1923 as deputy chairman.

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