Hans Jørgen Darre (27 September 1803 – 11 March 1874) was a Norwegian clergyman and Bishop of Nidaros. Darre was born at Klæbu in Søndre Trondhjem county, Norway. He was the son of the

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of Klæbo Church and constitutional founding father, Jacob Hersleb Darre. He graduated as

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in 1827 and succeeded his father as vicar of

Klæbu Church Klæbu Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Klæbu. It is the church for the Klæbu parish which is part of the Heimdal og Byåsen prosti (d ...

in 1833. He was the

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in the district of Dalerne from 1843 to 1848, and in March 1849 he took over as Bishop of the

Diocese of Trondhjem Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg F ...

(Nidaros). He retired in 1860 with a 1000

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pension. In 1872, he moved to a town near the Spanish-Portuguese border, where his daughter's husband worked in a mine. Hans Jørgen Darre died in Miraflores, Spain during 1874, his body brought back to Norway in December 1883. In Throndhjem, he was a member of the

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. He served as

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of the society from 1851 to 1855 and 1870 to 1872. He was a Knight of the

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. One of his daughters, Jørgine Wilhelmine, married

Lauritz Jenssen Lauritz Jenssen (25 March 1837 – 7 June 1899) was a Norway, Norwegian businessperson and politician. A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondheim (city), Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheim Papirfabrikk, Ranheims Papirfabrik, ...

, a descendant of

Matz Jenssen Matz Jenssen (30 October 1760 – 12 August 1813) was a Norwegian businessman. Originally a seamaster, Jenssen settled in Throndhjem in 1790. Here, he founded his own trading company ''Jenssen & Co'', which evolved into a trade dynasty in th ...

and

Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen (4 February 1801 – 7 June 1859) was a Norwegian businessman and politician. He was born in Throndhjem as the son of businessman Matz Jenssen (1760–1813) and his wife Anna, née Schjelderup Dorenfeldt (1763–1 ...

. Through her, Hans Jørgen Darre was the grandfather of politicians

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen (22 June 1864 – 26 June 1950) was a Norway, Norwegian engineer and politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion#Ministry of Labour (1885–1946), Minister of ...

and

Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen (7 December 1870 – 30 April 1945) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He served two terms in the Parliament of Norway, and as Minister of Labour from 1926 to 1928. Career Worm Darre-J ...

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1803 births 1874 deaths People from Sør-Trøndelag 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Bishops of Nidaros Norwegian expatriates in Spain Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{Norway-Lutheran-bishop-stub