Rønneberg is a Norwegian patrician family from
Sunnmøre
Sunnmøre (, en, South- Møre) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities ( no, kommuner) of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, ...
. It was the most prominent business family of
Ã…lesund
Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...
during the 19th and early 20th century, and its history is closely connected to the rise of Ålesund as a city. The Rønneberg Company, founded in 1812, was for a long time the city's largest company and employer.
The family is descended from Christopher Tjærandsen Rønneberg (1737–1824), the son of a farmer from
Jæren
Jæren is a traditional district in Rogaland county, Norway. The other districts in Rogaland are Dalane, Ryfylke, and Haugalandet. Jæren is one of the 15 districts that comprise Western Norway.
At about , Jæren is the largest flat lowland a ...
, who became a burgher and a wealthy merchant at Sunnmøre. He was the father of ship-owner and fish wholesaler
Carl Rønneberg (1779–1858), who founded the Rønneberg Company, and who is often regarded as the principal founder of the city of Ålesund.
[
] Carl Rønneberg was the father of Carl E. Rønneberg jr. (1815–1880) and of wholesaler and consul Rasmus Gerhard Rønneberg (1822–1884), and the grandfather of Anna Rasmunda Rønneberg Kaas-Lund and wholesaler and mayor of Ålesund
Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (1851–1929). The latter was the father of theatre director
Anton Johan Rønneberg (1902–1989) and Elisabeth (Marie) Rønneberg, who married ophthalmologist and President of the Norwegian Medical Association
Harald Lystad Harald Oskar Christopher Lystad (born 2 August 1875 in Christiania, died 21 May 1950) was a Norwegian physician, ophthalmologist and president of the Norwegian Medical Association from 1931 to 1932. He also served as the first president of the Norw ...
.
Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg was the grandfather of
Erling Rønneberg and
Joachim Rønneberg
Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (30 August 1919 – 21 October 2018) was a Norwegian Army officer and broadcaster. He was known for his resistance work during World War II, most notably commanding Operation Gunnerside, and his post-war war informati ...
, and a great-grandfather of
Joakim Lystad
Joakim Theodor Haagaas Lystad (born 17 April 1953) is a Norwegian civil servant. He served as the first Director-General of the Norwegian Food Safety Authority from 2003 to 2010, building the organization. From 2010 to 2015, he was the Labour an ...
.
[K. Bugge: "Handelshuset Rønneberg. Korsen og Notenes 1812–1912," in ''Tidsskrift for Sunnmøre Historielag'', 1912, p. 5–61]
References
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Norwegian families