Jørgen Breder Faye Explained

Jørgen Breder Faye (7 June 1823 – 2 August 1908) was a Norwegian banker and politician.[1]

Biography

Faye 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jørgen Breder Faye. Store norske leksikon . Knut Dørum. February 1, 2018.
  2. Web site: Finnegården. Bergen byleksikon. February 1, 2018.
  3. Web site: Bergens Privatbank. Bergen byleksikon. February 1, 2018.
  4. Web site: Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2003. 2007-11-17. Bergen kommune. Norwegian . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155540/http://www3.bergen.kommune.no/bystyre_/ekstern/historikk.html . 2007-09-30.
  5. Book: Gubberud, Ivar J. . Vossebanen 1883-1983 . 1983 . Norsk Jernbaneklubb . Oslo . 82-90286-05-8 . 13.