Hartvig Nissen
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Hartvig Nissen was a Norwegian philologist and educator. He founded Nissens Pigeskole, a school specifically for girls, in Oslo in 1849. In 1955 the school was also opened for boys and in 1963 the name changed to Hartvig Nissens Skole.
, in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway. He was the son of Lutheran minister, Peder Schjelderup Nissen (1775–1826). He was the 8th child in his family of 10 children.
He had great influence on educational policy in Norway in the 19th century, being the architect behind several law reforms. In 1873 he became rector at the Oslo Cathedral School. He was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
from 1852. He was elected suppleant for the Parliament in 1857 and in 1859, and was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1864.
(1848–1915), an architect.
Biography
Hartvig Nissen was born in MelhusMelhus
Melhus is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus...
, in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway. He was the son of Lutheran minister, Peder Schjelderup Nissen (1775–1826). He was the 8th child in his family of 10 children.
He had great influence on educational policy in Norway in the 19th century, being the architect behind several law reforms. In 1873 he became rector at the Oslo Cathedral School. He was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway.-History:DKNVS was founded in 1760 by bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name...
from 1852. He was elected suppleant for the Parliament in 1857 and in 1859, and was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1864.
Personal life
He was married in 1843 to Karen Magdalena Aas (1820–1900). They were the parents of Per Schjelderup Nissen (1844–1930), a cartographer and Johannes Henrik NissenHenrik Nissen
Johannes Henrik Nissen was a Norwegian architect.-Biography:After his final exams in 1866, Nissen was a student at the Royal Drawing School in Christiania. He studied architecture at the Bauakademie in Berlin 1869–74...
(1848–1915), an architect.
Selected works
- Om kvindelig Dannelse og kvindelige Undervisningsanstalter, (1849)
- Grundtræk af en Plan for Omdannelsen af Almueskolen paa Landet, (1851)
- Om Almueoplysningen og Almueskolen, (1852)
- Udkast til Love om Almueskolevæsenet paa Landet og i Kjøbstæderne med Begrundelse, (1856)
- Om Ordningen af vort høiere Skolevæsen, (1865)
Other sources
- Boyesen, Einar with Therese Bertheau, Chr S. Mellbye, Henriette Nissen (1924) Nissens pikeskole 1849-1924 (Oslo: J.W. Cappelens Forlag)
- Boyesen, Einar (1947) Hartvig Nissen 1815–1874 og det norske skolevesens reform (Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum)
- Slagstad, Rune (1998) De nasjonale strateger (Pax-bok) ISBN 978-8253020242