Hans Jørgen Darre

Hans Jørgen Darre (27 September 1803 - 1 March 1874) was a Norwegian clergyman.

The son of the vicar in Klæbo, Jacob Darre, he graduated as cand.theol. in 1827 and succeeded his father as vicar in 1833. He was dean in Dalerne from 1843 to 1848, and in March 1849 he took over as Bishop of the Diocese of Throndhjem (Nidaros). He retired in 1860 with a 1000 speciedaler pension. In 1872 he moved to a town near the Spanish-Portuguese border, where his daughter's husband worked in a mine. Hans Jørgen Darre died there in 1874, his body brought back to Norway in December 1883. [http://www.tfb.no/db/personalhistorie/3_7_20070219_124035.pdf "Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede"] , by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.]

In Throndhjem he was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. He was a Knight of the Order of St. Olav.c]

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