Westye Egeberg was a Danish-Norwegian businessperson.

He immigrated to Norway in 1786. In 1800 he founded the timber trade company Westye Egeberg & Co in Christiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, which became an important company and was passed on through generations. He married Anna Sophie Muus (1775–1862) and was the father of Westye Martinus Egeberg, physician Christian Egeberg, composer Fredrikke Egeberg

Fredrikke Egeberg

Fredrikke Egeberg was a Norwegian pianist and composer.Annichen Fredrikke Sophie Egeberg was born in Christiania of parents Westye Egeberg and Anna Sophie Muus . Her family was wealthy through her father's lumber company, and Egeberg was the youngest of nine children and the only daughter...

 and Peder Cappelen Egeberg who inherited the company. The company was then passed down to the latter's children Ferdinand Julian Egeberg

Ferdinand Julian Egeberg

Ferdinand Julian Egeberg was a Norwegian military officer, chamberlain and timber merchant. He is remembered for having founded the sports prize Egebergs Ærespris, which was regarded as the highest achievement in Norwegian sport.-Personal life:Egeberg was born in Moss as the son of merchant Peder...

 and Einar Westye Egeberg, and Westye Egeberg was also a grandfather of physician Theodor Christian Egeberg.