Hans Severin Arentz

Hans Severin Arentz (15 November 1806 - 1875) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born in Farsund to Jens Christian Arentz (1763-1828) and his wife Anne Elisabeth (1775-1851), née Urbye. He later moved to Skien, and married Margrethe Cathrine Stockmann in 1838. The couple had two children. [ [http://genealogy.munthe.net/database/g0001269.html Genealogy] ]

Arentz served as mayor of Skien from 1840 to 1842, 1845 to 1847, 1848 to 1850 and 1851 to 1860. [http://www.gjerpenu.net/dagmagne/skien/ordforer.htm Mayors of Skien, Gjerpen and Solum] ] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842, representing the constituency of "Skien og Porsgrund". In 1857 he was elected as deputy representative, before being elected to one last term in 1859. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=parliament&lan=eng&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10146 Hans Severin Arentz] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

Outside of politics, he worked as a secondary school teacher.

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