Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen (25 February 1864 – 16 April 1939) was a Norwegian teacher, shipowner and politician for the

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. He was born in Feda in

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, Norway. He was the son of a farmer, and younger brother of politician

Anders Kristian Rørvik Anders Kristian Rørvik (16 February 1861 – 25 July 1946) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. He was born in Feda as a son of a farmer, and older brother of politician Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen. He attended three years of agricultural sch ...

. He graduated from teacher's seminary in Christianssand (now Kristiansand) in 1883, worked as a teacher from 1883 to 1891. He bought the newspaper ''

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'' 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

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and a supervisory council member of Den Norske Amerikalinje. He served as a member of the

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for the constituency

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from 1900 to 1915 and from 1919 to 1921. He was elected three times for the

and then twice for the

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. 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

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(''Nordisk Fredsforbund'') in 1895, and became an honorary member. He also co-founded the Nordic Peace Fund (''Norges Fredsfond'') in 1917 and the Nordic

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in 1906, and served as president of the former. He sat on the

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from 1913 to 1939, from 1923 as deputy chairman.

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1864 births 1939 deaths People from Flekkefjord Mayors of places in Vest-Agder Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Free-minded Liberal Party politicians Norwegian anti-war activists Norwegian educators Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Members of the Storting 1900–1903 Members of the Storting 1904–1906 Members of the Storting 1907–1909 Members of the Storting 1910–1912 Members of the Storting 1913–1915 Members of the Storting 1919–1921 {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub

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