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 was the younger brother of Thomas Fearnley (1880–1961), grandson of romantic painter Thomas Fearnley (1802-1842), paternal grandnephew of

Carl Frederik Fearnley Carl Frederik Fearnley (born 19 December 1818 in Frederikshald, died 22 August 1890 in Christiania) was a Norwegian astronomer and Professor at the Royal Frederick University. He was the brother of romantic painter Thomas Fearnley. Fearnley was ...

(1818-1890) and maternal grand-grandson of

Nicolai Andresen Nicolai Andresen (24 September 1781 – 18 November 1861) was a Norwegian merchant, banker and member of Stortinget. He laid the foundation for Andresens Bank A/S, which after several mergers became Nordea Bank Norge. Andresen was born at Tø ...

(1781–1861).

Career

N. O. Young Fearnley attended Handelshochschule Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany. He later gained practical training in forestry and agriculture and wood pulp, paper and sawmill industry in Sweden and Norway as well as office practice at a wood processing company in London. He also spent learning years at the Jørgen Young properties near the village of

Hakadal Hakadal is a village in the northern part of Nittedal municipality in Akershus, Norway. The village and parish is the site of Hakadal Church (''Hakadal Kirke''). Hakadal Church dates to around 1610 and was originally constructed in a rectangu ...

at Nittedal in

Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

. In 1906 he incorporated AS Meraker Brug as a forestry company after merging in the estates Forbygdgodset and Mostadmarka. He was the factory manager at Meraker Brug until 1912. In 1913, Fearnley acquired farmland and woodland acreage with a sawmill at Nannestad in

. He also owned farmland and forest acreage with sawmills at Gjerstad in Aust-Agder and Treungen in Telemark. After 1919, he was a principally a landowner based at his estate Aas Gård in Hakadal. Fearnley chaired Papirindustriens arbeidsgiverforening and was a vice president of the Federation of Norwegian Industries. He chaired the supervisory council of Ringnes Bryggeri, was a board member of the

Norwegian Employers' Confederation The Norwegian Employers' Confederation ( no, Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening, NAF) was an employers' organisation in Norway. It existed between 1900 and 1989, and was founded as an answer to the foundation of the Workers' National Trade Union in 1899 ...

, Forsikringsselskapet Viking, Lillestrøms Cellulosefabrikk as well as Meraker Brug and Ranheim Papirfabrikk. He was a member of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History and the Norwegian Kennel Club and was a founder and honorary member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram.

Personal life

In 1906 he married Ingeborg Heiberg (1884-1974), a daughter of diplomat and financier Axel Heiberg (1848–1932). They were the parents of Thomas Young Fearnley (1906-1924), Ragnhild Fearnley (1908-1991) and Wanda Fearnley (1915-1991) who was married to ship owner Dag Klaveness (1913–1986).

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1881 births 1961 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo People from Nittedal Norwegian people of English descent Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian company founders Norwegian landowners SK Fram members Nils Olav {{norway-business-bio-stub

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