Jacob Fegth (also spelled Feght) (born 18 September 1761 at Tangen, Drammen, died 2 October 1834 at Tangen, Drammen) was a Norwegian timber merchant and ship-owner, and one of the largest timber merchants of
Drammen in the early 19th century.
He was the son of
wigmaker Christian Nicolay Fegth (1722–1766) from
Frederikshald
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish muni ...
, whose family was probably of Dutch origin (the family name might derive from the river
Vecht).
The townhouse ''Feghtgården'' was built for him in 1806, designed by architect
Christian Staalberg. In 1808, he bought the estate Stormoen outside Drammen. He owned several sawmills, a distillery, ships and other properties in Drammen. By the early 19th century, he had become Drammen's third largest timber merchant. He was also Public Guardian (''overformynder'') of
Strømsø
Strømsø is a borough of Drammen, Viken, Norway.
Strømsø is located at the southern side of the river Drammenselva. Until about 1600, Stømsø was an island surrounded by the Drammenselva, but was later made landfast. In 1728 Strømsø was gr ...
from 1802 to 1807. He was one of around fifty prominent private citizens in Norway who contributed funds to the establishment of the
Royal Frederick University; he contributed 5,000
Norwegian rigsdaler.
[Arnt Ruud, Henning Alsvik, Svein Molaug, ''Skipsbyggere i Drammen: Tiden før år 1900'', Drammen Slip & Verksted, 1972, p. 268]
He was the father-in-law of ship owner and estate owner Anders Juel (1787–1852), ship's captain and privateer
Bent Salvesen
Bent Salvesen (born 20 October 1787 at Hesnes in Grimstad, died 17 September 1820 in Santander, Spain) was a Norwegian ship's captain, lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy and privateer authorized by the Dano-Norwegian government to attack English ...
(1787–1820) and ship owner Mathias Andreas Holst (1793–1849). He has descendants with names including Fegth, Juel, Salvesen, Holst,
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 ...
, Høeg, Prytz, Browne, Kapteijn,
Løvenskiold, Wessel, and other names.
References
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1761 births
1834 deaths
19th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Norwegian businesspeople in timber
People from Drammen