Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt (23 September 1830 – 25 October 1892
) was a Norwegian engineer and first director of

Kristiania Sporveisselskab A/S Kristiania Sporveisselskab or KSS, nicknamed the Green Tramway (), was an operator of part of the Oslo Tramway from 1875 to 1924. The company was established in 1874 and started with horsecar operations on the Ullevål Hageby Line, Gamlebyen ...

who operated the first tramway in Oslo. He was the son of priest Niels Nielsen Vogt (1798–1869). He was a nephew of politicians

Jørgen Herman Vogt Jørgen Herman Vogt (21 July 1784 – 12 January 1862) was a Norwegian politician who served as First Minister of Norway from 1856 to 1858, during the personal union between Sweden and Norway. The first minister was subordinated to the gover ...

and David Vogt, and a first cousin of Volrath Vogt and Nils Vogt. He grew up in

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and studied at the

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. He also studied at the

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and at the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Karlsruhe (), founde ...

before he was employed by the

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in 1853. Vogt moved to

Homansbyen Homansbyen is a neighborhood in Frogner borough in Oslo, Norway. The area is named for the lawyer brothers Jacob (1816-1868) and Henrik Homan (1824-1900). Area The area is located between the streets of Pilestredet in the east, and Uranienbor ...

in 1877. He married author Johanne Collett, and had the son Nils Collett Vogt—who became an important Norwegian

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. Vogt travelled often abroad to study innovations in electrical tramways. In 1883, he visited

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and

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. In the summer of 1885, he travelled to

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and co-founded the

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. Trygve Poppe succeeded him as director of Kristiania Sporveisselskap on 1 January 1894.

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* 1830 births 1892 deaths Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian engineers {{norway-business-bio-stub