Hans Christian Steffensen

Hans Christian Steffensen K.1
Steffensen
Speaker of the Landsting
In office 7 October 1907 – 3 October 1909
Preceded by	Hans Nicolai Hansen
Succeeded by	Christian Sonne
Judge Advocate General
In office 22 November 1883 – 3 August 1910
Preceded by	Georg Bernhard Bornemann
Succeeded by	Hans Christian Nicolai Giørtz
Personal details
Born	(1837-12-22)22 December 1837 Hammelev
Died	4 September 1912(1912-09-04) (aged 74)
Political party	Højre
Spouse	Elisa Marie Smith ​ (m. 1871)​
Education	Jurist

Hans Christian Steffensen (22 December 1837 – 4 September 1912) was a Danish politician, jurist and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the parliament.

He was an elected member of the Folketing from 1879 to 1881 and a royally appointed member of the Landsting from 1888, representing the conservative party Højre until 1900 when he was one of nine Højre-members of the Landsting who left the party in a protest against the government's duty and tax reforms and formed the conservative group De Frikonservative in 1902.

Steffensen was Højre's spokesman on the extensive 1895 reform of the order of business of the Landsting, and he was speaker of the Landsting from 1907 to 1909.

References

• Friis, M. P. (1902). "Steffensen, Hans Christian" (in Danish) in C. F. Bricka (ed.) Dansk Biografisk Lexikon tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814. XVI. bind, Skarpenberg — Sveistrup. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 358–60.
• Engelstoft, P. (1926). "Steffensen, Hans Christian" (in Danish) in Dahl, Svend; Engelstoft, P. (eds.) Dansk Biografisk Haandleksikon, tredje bind. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, p. 467.
• Møller, Jens (1949). "Tingenes forretningsordener" (in Danish) in Fabricius, Knud; Frisch, Hartvig; Hjelholt, Holger; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, Andr. (eds.) Den Danske Rigsdag 1849–1949. Bind IV: Rigsdagens arbejdsmåde. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz forlag.