Fearnley is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

family of

shipping Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been ...

magnates. The family is of English origin, originating in

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.Fearnley
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Anne Marit Godal Anne Marit Godal (born 20 November 1972) is a Norwegian encyclopedist. She studied political science at the University of Oslo and has had positions in the Norwegian Labour Party and No to the EU. From 2011 to 2016 she was editor-in-chief of ' ...

, accessed 2 March 2012 The merchant Thomas Fearnley (1729–1798) migrated from Hull in England to Frederikshald in Norway in 1753. His son, merchant Thomas Fearnley (1768–1834), was married to Maren Sophie

Paus The Paus family () is a Norwegian family that first appeared as members of the elite of 16th-century Oslo and that for centuries belonged to Norway's "aristocracy of officials" as priests of the state church, judges and other higher government of ...

(1782–1838). They were the parents of romantic painter

Thomas Fearnley Thomas Fearnley (27 December 1802 – 16 January 1842) was a Norwegian romantic painter, a pupil of Johan Christian Dahl and a leading representative of Norwegian romantic nationalism in painting. His son Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927) founded ...

and astronomer Carl Frederik Fearnley. The painter Thomas Fearnley's only child was shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927), who was the father of shipping magnate Thomas Fearnley (1880–1961) and land owner

N. O. Young Fearnley Nils Olav Young Fearnley (14 December 1881 – 30 June 1961) was a Norwegian businessperson and landowner. Personal life He was born in Kristiania to the ship-owner Thomas Fearnley (1841–1927) and his wife Elisabeth Young (1854–1932). He ...

. The

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned contemporary art gallery in Oslo in Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993. The collection's main focus is the American appropriation artists from the 1980s, but it is ...

was founded by their descendants in 1993.

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Literature

* Sigurd Engelstad, ''Slekten Fearnley i Norge 1753-1967'', Oslo 1954 * Hans Cappelen: ''Norske Slektsvåpen'' (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms) with an English Summary, Oslo 1969, p. 96 Norwegian families European families of English ancestry