Hans Andersen Kiær was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was a part of a large ship-owner family, starting with his father Anders Hansen Kiær (1769–1838). He was the brother of Niels Andersen Kiær, and through him the uncle of physician and historian Frantz Casper Kiær and director of Statistics Norway

Statistics Norway

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, Anders Nicolai Kiær

Anders Nicolai Kiær

Anders Nicolai Kiær was a Norwegian statistician who first proposed that a representative sample rather than a complete enumerating survey could and used should be used to collect information about a population....

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Himself, Hans Andersen Kiær fathered the businessmen Anders, Hans Theodor and Oluf Emil Kiær, as well as the priest Hagbarth Kiær. Anders F. Kiær founded the company And. H. Kiær & Co. Through Hans Theodor, Hans Andersen Kiær was the grandfather of Elias C. Kiær

Elias C. Kiær

Elias Cathrinus Kiær was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Drammen as the son of wholesaler Hans Theodor Kiær . He was the grandson of Hans Andersen Kiær and nephew of Anders F. Kiær....

 and great-grandfather of Hans Theodor Kiær, both of whom carried the directorship of And. H. Kiær & Co. Through Hagbarth, Hans Andersen Kiær was the grandfather of paleontologist Johan Aschehoug Kiær

Johan Aschehoug Kiær

Johan Aschehoug Kiær was a Norwegian paleontologist and geologist.He was born in Drammen as the son of Hagbarth Kiær . In 1909 he was appointed professor of paleontology at the University of Oslo, as the first in Norway to hold such a position. He was also head of the Palaeontological Museum of Oslo...

. Through Oluf Emil, Hans Andersen Kiær was the grandfather of Frits Kiær and great-grandfather of Thorry and Dakky Kiær.

Hans Andersen Kiær was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of Drammen

Drammen

Drammen is a city in Buskerud County, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the eastern and most populated part of Norway.-Location:...

. He worked as a timber merchant in that city. He only served one term.