Hans Bergersen Wergeland
Encyclopedia
Hans Bergersen Wergeland (23 July 1861 – ??) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born in Masfjorden
Masfjorden
Masfjorden is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. Masfjorden was separated from Lindås on 1 March 1879.The municipality is located around the fjord which is also called the Masfjorden which almost divides the municipality completely into a north side and a south side. A cable ferry...

, and worked as a farmer from 1885. He was mayor of his municipality for some time, and also chaired the boards of the local savings bank and the local shipping company.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1907, for the Coalition Party, and in 1910 for the Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

. He represented the constituency Nordhordland
Nordhordland
Nordhordland is a traditional district in the western part of Norway, consisting of the northern portion of the county of Hordaland. It includes the municipalities Austrheim, Fedje, Lindås, Masfjorden, Meland, Modalen, Osterøy, Radøy and Vaksdal....

.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK