Hans Nicolai Lange was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Born in Jevnaker

Jevnaker

Jevnaker is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Jevnaker with a population of 4,302.The parish of Jævnaker was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

 to Johan Jørgen Lange and Dorothea Helena Larsen, he was the older brother of politicians Otto Vincent

Otto Vincent Lange

Otto Vincent Lange was a Norwegian politician.Lange was born in Jevnaker, but moved to Arendal. He worked as a school teacher, and helped found the local library and museum in 1832. In 1833 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the first time. He then changed his civil job to that of...

 and Ulrik Frederik Lange

Ulrik Frederik Lange

Ulrik Frederik Lange was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842 and 1845, while working as a headmaster in Tromsøe. He was then elected three more times, in 1854, 1857 and 1859, from the constituency Lillehammer og Hamar. He worked as a school principal there...

, brother-in-law of Nils Landmark

Nils Landmark

Nils L. Landmark was a Norwegian jurist, farmer and politician.-Personal life:He was born in Christiania to Nils Svensson and Karen Andersdatter Killerud. Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but took the name as a grown-up...

 and Even Hanssen and uncle of Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen

Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen

-Personal life:He was born in 1821 in Christiania as the son of jurist and politician Even Hanssen and his wife Barbara Abigael Lange. He had a younger brother Peter Nicolai Freberg Hansen who became a jurist like his father....

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In 1825 he married Anna Rebecca Blix. They had no children.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, while working as a church teacher in 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 later became vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 in Bragernes

Bragernes

Bragernes is one of the central parts of the Norwegian city of Drammen.-Location:Bragernes is located on the northern side of the Drammen River and contains the famous town square Bragernes square , the town hall, the Drammen Theatre , Drammen park and most of the shopping and nightlife in Drammen...

 parish, and was also mayor of Drammen for some time.

He died in 1848 in Paris, France due to ill health.