Background
Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen was born in Fredrikstad as the son of Hans Christian Ebbesen (1774–1858) and Abigael Marie Bing (1785–1815).
Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen was born in Fredrikstad as the son of Hans Christian Ebbesen (1774–1858) and Abigael Marie Bing (1785–1815).
They had several children. The next year he graduated with the candidate.med. degree, moving to Sandefjord in 1839 to work as a physician. Their daughter Margrethe married military officer Sophus Christensen.
Ebbesen was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1877–1879, representing the constituency of Laurvig og Sandefjord.
On the local level he was mayor of Sandefjord for eleven years. He died in 1887 in Sandefjord.