Hans Andreas Tanberg Gløersen (16 February 1836 – 1 September 1904) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 forest manager

Forest management

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He was born in Nord-Aurdal

Nord-Aurdal

Nord-Aurdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fagernes....

 as a son of physician Jørgen Gustav Gløersen (1806–1884) and Gunda Sophie Cathrine Tanberg (1811–1899). He took his examen artium

Examen artium

Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1630...

 in 1853, gained a law degree in 1858, followed by a degree in forestry at Giessen in 1860. He was appointed as a forestry assistant in Lesja

Lesja

Lesja is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lesja....

 in the same year. In 1864 he was sent to Western Norway to assess its forests, and from 1866 to 1895 he was the forest manager for the entire Western Norway plus Lister og Mandals Amt

Vest-Agder

In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

, but without Romsdals Amt

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

. He also edited the magazine Landbrugstidende for Vestlandet from 1885 to 1891.

Gløersen has been credited for launching the ideas of the railways Jærbanen

Jærbanen

The Jæren Line long railway line between Stavanger and Egersund, in Jæren, Norway. The line is officially the western-most part of the Sørland Line. Owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration, the line has double track from Stavanger Station to Sandnes Station, and single track from...

 at a public meeting in 1866, and Vossebanen through a letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

A letter to the editor is a letter sent to a publication about issues of concern from its readers. Usually, letters are intended for publication...

 in Bergensposten

Bergensposten

Bergensposten is a defunct newspaper published in Bergen, Norway from 1 March 1854 until 1893 when it merged with Bergens Tidende. Editor at th start were Johannes Steen who later became prime minister of Norway....

. In both cases he provided detailed suggestions for the route, ideas that to a great extent were followed when the lines were constructed.

From February 1868 he was married to Rachel Marie Carlsen (1846–1894). After his wife died, Gløersen moved to Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. He was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1895, and died in Kristiania in September 1904.