Hans Christian Hanssen-Fossnæs

{{Short description|Norwegian farmer and politician}}

Hans Christian Hanssen-Fossnæs (9 October 1829 - 28 June 1890) was a Norwegian farmer and politician with the Conservative Party.

Hanssen-Fossnæs was born at Stokke in Vestfold, Norway. He grew up on the Kroken farm in Ske parish. He later acquired the Fossnes farm in Arnadal parish, which included a grain mill, sawmill and brickyard.{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Henrik_Helliesen

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1883, representing the constituency of Jarlsberg og Larviks amt (now Vestfold), serving one term.[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11125 Hans Christian Hanssen-Fossnæs] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)