Alf Scott-Hansen Sr.

Alf Scott-Hansen (10 November 1870 – 16 September 1936) was a Norwegian engineer and civil servant.

Personal life He was born in Leith, Scotland as a son of priest in the Norwegian Church Abroad (Sjømannskirken), Andreas Michael Hansen (1834–1901) and Simonine Stephansen (1840–1925). He was a brother of Commander Sigurd Scott-Hansen. He was a first cousin of Sam Eyde on the maternal side.

In 1898 he married consul's daughter Lalla Wiborg (1869-1953).

Career He finished his secondary education in 1888, and graduated from the Dresden University of Technology in 1903. Before graduating he had been hired in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in 1893, State Port Authority (Statens Havnevesen) later in 1893, then Sam Eyde's company Gleim & Eyde in 1897 before he became subdirector in Norges Oplysningskontor for Næringsveiene in 1902. From 1903 to 1905 he was also the vice president of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society. and Ingeniørenes Hus, and a construction committee member during the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition in Kristiania. He was decorated as a Knight, Second Class of the House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis.