Hans Holmboe

{{Short description|Norwegian educator and politician (1898–1968)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = HansHolmboe.png | alt = | caption = 1853 lithograph of Holmboe | office1 = Member of Storting for Bergen | term1 = 183–1865 | birth_date = {{birth date|1798|10|08|df=y}} | birth_place = Trondenes, Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|1868|05|23|1798|10|08|df=y}} | death_place = Sande, Vestfold, Norway | education = | spouse = {{marriage|Welgjerd Løberg|1825}} | children = 7 | relatives = | occupation = | father = Jens Holmboe | relations = Even Holmboe (brother)<br/>Leonhard Holmboe (brother)<br/>Jens Holmboe (nephew) }}

'''Hans Holmboe''' (8 October 1798 – 23 May 1868) was a Norwegian educator and politician.

==Personal life== He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens (1766–1851). He had several brothers and sisters.<ref>[http://vestraat.net/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I12374&tree=IEA Family genealogy]</ref> His brothers Even and Leonhard Christian became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe.

In 1825, he married Welgjerd Endriette Løberg, who hailed from Kongsberg. The couple had four daughters and three sons.<ref name=genea>[http://vestraat.net/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I12435&tree=IEA Hans Holmboe genealogy] (vestraat.net)</ref>

==Career== He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, representing the constituency of Bergen. He was re-elected in 1836, 1842, 1848, 1851, 1859 and 1862.<ref name="nsd">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110527145106/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11299 Hans Holmboe] – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)</ref> He was especially known for his work with Henrik Wergeland and others to grant Jews the right to enter Norway.

He worked as a school principal<ref name="nsd"/> at Bergen Cathedral School.<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Holmboe, Hans |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=10356990 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He was also editor-in-chief of {{Lang|no|Bergens Stiftstidende}} for some time.

He died on 23 May 1868, aged 69, in Sande.<ref name="genea"/>

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