Matz Jenssen was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 businessman.

Originally a seamaster, Jenssen settled in Throndhjem

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

 in 1790. Here, he founded his own trading company Jenssen & Co, which evolved into a trade dynasty in the city. Upon his death in 1813, his wife Anna, née Schjelderup Dorenfeldt (1763–1846) took over. The couple had four sons and four daughters; his two oldest sons Jens Nicolai and Hans Peter took over the company upon finishing school, while his third son Anthon P. Jenssen became an estate owner. Jens Nicolai Jenssen left the family company in 1837 to found a rivalling company Jenssen & Sønner.

Jens Nicolai had three sons and three daughters; the oldest son Christian Mathias was a notable businessperson whereas one daughter married a member of the Getz family. Hans Peter married a sister of John Moses

John Moses (Norwegian politician)

John Moses was a Norwegian merchant and politician. He was born in Kristiansund. He represented Kristiansund at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.-References:...

, and fathered the businessman Anthon Mathias Jenssen. Matz' fourth son, Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen

Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen

Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Throndhjem as the son of businessman Matz Jenssen and his wife Anna, née Schjelderup Dorenfeldt...

, was the father of Lauritz Jenssen

Lauritz Jenssen

Lauritz Jenssen was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheims Papirfabrik, and also served one term in the Parliament of Norway....

 and grandfather of Hans Jørgen

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was the Minister of Labour from 1910 to 1912, and thereafter served as director of the Norwegian State Railways.-Personal life:...

 and Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen

Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen

Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Conservative Party. He served two terms in the Parliament of Norway, and was the Minister of Labour from 1926 to 1928.-Career:...

. His daughter Nicoline married Henrik Steffens Hagerup

Henrik Steffens Hagerup

Henrik Steffens Hagerup was a Norwegian naval officer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy from 1856 to 1859 with certain interruptions....

, son of Caspar Peter Hagerup

Caspar Peter Hagerup

Caspar Peter Hagerup was a Norwegian civil servant.He was born in Christiansand. He enrolled as a student in 1797, and finished the studies to be appointed town clerk in the Danish town of Calundborg in 1801. In 1809 he was appointed district stipendiary magistrate in Flekkefjord, in 1820 in...

, nephew of Henrik Steffens

Henrik Steffens

Henrik Steffens , was a Norwegian-born Danish philosopher, scientist, and poet.He was born at Stavanger, Norway. At the age of fourteen he went with his parents to Copenhagen, where he studied theology and natural science...

 and father of Prime Minister Francis Hagerup

Francis Hagerup

George Francis Hagerup was a Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 14 October 1895 to 17 February 1898 and from 22 October 1903 to 11 March 1905.Francis Hagerup grew up in Trondheim...

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