Eskild Bruun (12 October 1804 – 9 October 1877) was a Norwegian barrister, judge and businessman.

Personal life

Bruun was born in

Kristiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporati ...

on 12 October 1804, a son of merchant Arnt Bruun and Johanne Louise Askildsen. From 1836 he was married to Dorothea Marie Young, a daughter of wholesaler

Jørgen Young Jørgen Young (baptized April 17, 1781 – died February 26, 1837) was a Norwegian timber merchant born in Vinger, Norway. '' Youngstorget'' (Young Square) in Oslo is named after him. Young had his own dwelling in the building that now stands at ...

. He died in

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on 9 October 1877.

Career

Bruun graduated as cand.jur. in 1828, and was barrister with access to work with the Supreme Court from 1835. He served as

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from 1839 to 1842. In 1843 he was appointed judge in the Supreme Court. Also a businessman, he was co-founder of the

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Den norske Creditbank Den norske Creditbank or DnC is a defunct Norwegian commercial bank created in 1857. In 1990 it merged with Bergen Bank to create Den norske Bank (DnB). The bank was based in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most pop ...

in 1857, and chairman of the board until 1865.

Awards

He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1855, and Commander in 1865.

References

1804 births 1877 deaths People from Kristiansand 19th-century Norwegian judges Norwegian bankers {{Norway-law-bio-stub