Andreas Hanssen

Hans Andreas Hanssen (29 April 1873 – 1960) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

Hanssen was a temperance activist in the years before World War II, and then joined Nasjonal Samling and worked as a priest.

He edited 1ste Mai in Stavanger from 1919 before returning to Larvik in 1921, this time as manager in Folkets Dagblad, established by a merger of Nybrott and Bratsberg-Demokraten.

Hanssen was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the Market towns of Vestfold county in 1921, and served his second term.

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Hanssen joined the Fascist party Nasjonal Samling.