Jørgen Breder Faye (7 June 1823 – 2 August 1908) was a Norwegian banker and politician.[1]
Biography
editFaye was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Christen Faye (1781-1836) and Magdalene Christine Wiese (1791-1878). His father was a master baker who died when Faye was thirteen years of age. Following the death of his father, Faye worked for his mother's brother Georg Wiese, who operated a brewery in the commercial district of Finnegården in Bryggen. He took over the uncle's business in 1846.[2]
Faye worked as a merchant at Bryggen until he in 1856 was appointed chief executive officer of the newly created commercial bank Bergens Privatbank; a position he held until 1903. He sat in the Bergen city council from 1851 and was mayor in 1862.[3] [4]
He was elected to represent Bergen in the Norwegian Parliament, sitting for three periods in 1856-58, 1865-67 and 1868-71. [5]
Honors
edit- Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1857, Command Cross in 1891 and Commander 1st grade in 1895
- Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star
References
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- ^ Knut Dørum. "Jørgen Breder Faye". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ "Finnegården". Bergen byleksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ "Bergens Privatbank". Bergen byleksikon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ^ "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2003" (in Norwegian). Bergen kommune. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ Gubberud, Ivar J. (1983). Vossebanen 1883-1983. Oslo: Norsk Jernbaneklubb. p. 13. ISBN 82-90286-05-8.
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