Jørgen Breder Faye
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Jørgen Breder Faye was a Norwegian
banker and politician
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Faye worked as a merchant at Bryggen
until he in 1856 was appointed director of the newly created Bergen Privatbank; a position he held until 1903. He sat in the Bergen city council for many years, and was mayor in 1862, as well as sitting three periods in the Norwegian Parliament, in 1856-58, 1865-67 and 1868-71.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
banker and politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
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Faye worked as a merchant at Bryggen
Bryggen
Bryggen , also known as Tyskebryggen is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the fjord coming into Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has since 1979 been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites. The name has the same origin as the Flemish city of Brugge.The city...
until he in 1856 was appointed director of the newly created Bergen Privatbank; a position he held until 1903. He sat in the Bergen city council for many years, and was mayor in 1862, as well as sitting three periods in the Norwegian Parliament, in 1856-58, 1865-67 and 1868-71.