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Lange's headstone at the Vår Frelsers gravlund

Otto Vincent Lange (30 November 1797 – 4 November 1870) was a Norwegian politician.

Lange was born in Jevnaker, but moved to Arendal. He worked as a school teacher, and helped found the local library and museum in 1832. In 1833 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the first time.^[1] He then changed his civil job to that of surveyor of customs and excise. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845, 1848, 1851 and 1854, representing the constituency of Arendal og Grimstad.^[1]

In October 1854 he was appointed Minister of Church and Education, succeeding Jørgen Herman Vogt. In September 1855 he left that succeeded Vogt again, this time as Minister of Finance and Customs. He held this position periodically until June 1863, interrupted by spells as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1 June 1856 to 31 July 1857, 1 September 1858 to 30 September 1859 and 1 September 1861 to 31 August 1862.^[1]

Otto Vincent Lange was married to Anne Nicoline Aall (1800–1886), daughter of businessperson, politician and historian Jacob Aall. The Aall family was a notable one; Otto Vincent's father-in-law was businessman Nicolai Benjamin Aall (died 1798) and his brothers-in-law were politicians Niels and Jørgen Aall. Also, Lange had a brother of his own Ulrik Frederik Lange who was an educator and five-term member of Parliament.

Otto Vincent Lange was proclaimed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1863. He died in 1870 in Kristiania and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.

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