Westye Egeberg (16 August 1770 – 27 February 1830) was a Danish born, Norwegian businessperson. He founded Westye Egeberg & Co. a Norwegian timber company that existed from 1800 to 1929.

Biography

Egeberg was born on the island of

Als Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most com ...

at Sønderborg in the region of Syddanmark, Denmark. He re-located to Norway in 1786. He married Anna Sophie Muus (1775–1862) and was the father of several children including Westye Martinus Egeberg (1805-1898), physician Christian Egeberg (1809-1874) and composer Fredrikke Egeberg (1815–1861). In 1800, he founded the timber trade company Westye Egeberg & Co in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He purchased the Gahnsbruket timber lands in

Fet The field-effect transistor (FET) is a type of transistor that uses an electric field to control the flow of current in a semiconductor. FETs (JFETs or MOSFETs) are devices with three terminals: ''source'', ''gate'', and ''drain''. FETs contr ...

near

Lake Øyeren A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

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 ...

. This formed the basis for an important lumber company and was passed on through generations. He controlled the company until his death in 1830. From 1830-51, his son Westye Martinus Egeberg managed the firm. Brothers Peder Cappelen Egeberg (1810-1874) and Christian August Egeberg (1809–1874) became co-owners and took control of the company in 1851. In 1874, management of the company was passed down to Ferdinand Julian Egeberg (1842-1921) and

Einar Westye Egeberg Einar Westye Egeberg Sr. (23 July 1851 – 7 June 1940) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of Peder Cappelen Egeberg (1810–1874) and Hanna Wilhelmine Scheel ...

(1851-1940). From 1911, Westye Parr Egeberg (1877-1959) controlled the firm. After the financial crash in 1929, the company and all assets were sold.

References

1770 births 1830 deaths category:People from Sønderborg Municipality Norwegian company founders Danish emigrants to Norway {{norway-business-bio-stub