Hans Kristian Seip

Hans Kristian Seip
Hans Kristian Seip
	Norway occupied by Germany)
Personal details
Born	6 November 1881; Liberal
Relations	Andreas Martin Seip (great-grandfather); Didrik Arup Seip (brother); Karl Seip (uncle); Hans Kristian Seip (nephew)
Children	Jens Arup Seip
Occupation	Road engineer

Hans Kristian Seip (6 November 1881 - 25 March 1945) was a

political scientist Jens Arup Seip

.

Personal life

He was born in Røyken as the son of priest Jens Laurits Arup Seip (1852–1913) and Marie Fredrikke Aubert (1853–1931),^[1] He was the brother of academic Didrik Arup Seip, nephew of educator and politician Karl Seip, and great-grandson of military officer and politician Andreas Martin Seip.^[2]

Hans Kristian was the father of political scientist Jens Arup Seip and thus father-in-law of historian Anne-Lise Seip.^[2] He was also the uncle of forester Hans Kristian Seip.^[2]

Career

Hans Kristian Seip graduated from the technical school in

Zürich Polytechnikum. He then returned to Norway to work for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in Møre from 1903 to 1909, Hordaland from 1909 to 1915 and as engineer in Bergen from 1915 to 1921. From 1921 to 1929 he was the director of roads in Bergen county.^[1]

Seip was elected to Bergen city council in 1913. He was re-elected several times, and served until 1928; from 1922 to 1924 he served as

Liberal Party on the national level.^[1]

On 2 November 1929 Seip was appointed

subsequent occupation. In 1941 Seip was removed from the position as County Governor.^[4] He retired to Fjærland, and worked on the history of Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality.^[4] He died in March 1945,^[1] a month and a half before the liberation of Norway

.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hans Kristian Seip" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 7 February 2009.
^
Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link}
]

^ "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2007" (in Norwegian). Bergen municipality. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Hans Seip". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

Political offices
Preceded by Henrik Ameln	Mayor of Bergen 1922-1924	Succeeded by Julius M. Nilssen
Preceded by Ingolf Elster Christensen	County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane 1929–1941	Succeeded by Vidar Atne Acting governor for WWII occupied government

[nsd-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Hans Kristian Seip" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 7 February 2009.

[snl2-2] 
Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link}
]

[3] "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2007" (in Norwegian). Bergen municipality. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

[nrk-4] "Hans Seip". Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 June 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

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