Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen (1863 – 1956) was a Norwegian

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...

 shipowner and politician from Stavanger

Stavanger

Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...

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He was a son of Ole Bergesen

Ole Bergesen (1832)

Ole Bergesen was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Brevik in 1874, and was re-elected on one occasion in 1877. He was a vicar by occupation...

 and father of Ole Bergesen

Ole Bergesen (1891)

Ole Bergesen was a Norwegian ship-owner.He was born in Stavanger as a son of Sigval Bergesen. He was a grandson of Ole Bergesen and brother of Sigval Bergesen, Jr., and father of Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen and Ole Bergesen....

 and Sigval Bergesen, Jr.. Through Ole he was a grandfather of Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen

Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen

Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen was a Norwegian ship-owner.He was born in Stavanger as a son of Ole Bergesen. He was a great-grandson of Ole Bergesen, grandson of Sigval Bergesen, nephew of Sigval Bergesen, Jr. and brother of Ole Bergesen. He was a co-owner of his father's shipping company from...

 and Ole Bergesen, Through Sigval he was a great-grandfather of Morten Sigval Bergesen

Morten Sigval Bergesen

Morten Sigval Bergesen is a Norwegian ship-owner.He was born in Stockholm as a grandson of Sigval Bergesen the Younger. He was also a great-grandson of Sigval Bergesen, grandnephew of Ole Bergesen and cousin of Petter C. G. Sundt. He was a co-owner of his grandfather's shipping company Bergesen...

 and Petter C. G. Sundt

Petter C. G. Sundt

Petter Christian Grüner Sundt was a Norwegian shipping magnate and businessman.Together with his cousin Morten Sig. Bergesen, in 1976 he took over the leadership of the company Bergesen d.y. after his grandfather Sigval Bergesen the Younger retired for health reasons...

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He founded his own shipping company in 1887, Sigval Bergesen (not to be confused with Bergesen d.y. ASA

Bergesen d.y. ASA

Bergesen d.y. 'ASA was a Norwegian shipping company, and one of the world's largest.The company was founded by Sigval Bergesen d.y. . He was the son of Sigval Bergesen, who was also a shipping magnate, but in 1935 he broke with his father to form his own company...

, which was founded by his son Sigval.

Bergesen was member of the Parliament of Norway from 1903 to 1909. He also held several important board positions, among these chairman of the Norwegian America Line

Norwegian America Line

Norwegian America Line , was a cruise ship line, originally an operator of passenger and cargo ships. Founded in 1910, the company ran a regular transatlantic service between Norway and the United States, and later to East Africa as well....

from 1929 to 1939.