Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen

{{Short description|Norwegian businessman (1801–1859)}}

Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen (4 February 1801 – 7 June 1859) was a Norwegian businessman and politician.

He was born in Throndhjem[http://genealogy.hagerup.com/genealogy_base/fam/fam00516.html Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen genealogy] as the son of businessman Matz Jenssen (1760–1813) and his wife Anna, née Schjelderup Dorenfeldt (1763–1846). His older brothers Jens Nicolai and Hans Peter ran the family company Jenssen & Co; Jens Nicolai later founding a rivalling company Jenssen & Sønner in 1837.[https://www.tfb.no/db/tusenaarige_by/3_7_20080513_174008.pdf Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede], by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library. Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen enrolled as a student in 1821, and graduated with the cand.theol. degree in 1831. However, he did not become a priest. In 1836 he bought the farm Ranheim in the parish of Strinden for 23,000 Norwegian speciedaler, and ran a "significant" industrial company here.[https://www.tfb.no/db/personalhistorie/3_7_20070228_141303.pdf Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede], by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library. He also served as mayor of Strinden municipality, from 1844 to 1845 and 1850 to 1853.

In July 1836, Jenssen married Karen Amalie Hagerup (1811–1890), a daughter of Caspar Peter Hagerup and sister of Henrik Steffens Hagerup.[http://genealogy.hagerup.com/genealogy_base/fam/fam00489.html Caspar Peter Hagerup genealogy] Their son Lauritz established the paper factory Ranheims Papirfabrik, and also served as a politician. Through his son, Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen was the grandfather of chemical engineer Margot Dorenfeldt and politicians Hans Jørgen and Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen.[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=18026 Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen] – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10597 Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen] – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Through his sister Nicoline, who married his wife's brother Henrik Steffens Hagerup, he was also the uncle of Prime Minister Francis Hagerup.[http://genealogy.hagerup.com/genealogy_base/fam/fam00495.html Nicoline Kjerstine Jenssen genealogy]