Hans Gløersen

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Hans Andreas Tandberg Gløersen (1836, Nord-Aurdal – 1904) was a Norwegian forest manager and lawyer.

Gløersen has been credited for launching the ideas of the railways Jærbanen at a public meeting in 1866, and Vossebanen trough a letter to the editor in Bergensposten. In both cases he provided detailed suggestions for the route, ideas that to a great extent were followed when the lines were constructed.[1]

He gained a law degree in 1858, followed by a degree in forestry at Hessen in 1860; he was appointed forest manager for Søndre Bergenshus Amt the same year. After his wife died in 1894 he moved to Kristiania.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Gubberud, Ivar J. (1983). Vossebanen 1883-1983. Oslo: Norsk Jernbaneklubb, 13. ISBN 82-90286-05-8. 
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