Jens Andreas Hjorth Bugge

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Jens Andreas Hjorth Bugge (20 June 1859 – 8 November 1939) was a Norwegian ship-owner.

Personal life[]

He was born in Mandal as a son of ship-owner Jørgen Ørbech Bugge (1829–1888) and Guriane Olsen.[1] He was a brother of priest , Supreme Court Justice Geirulf Bugge and civil servant . Through them he was an uncle of barrister Heuch Bugge, art historian Anders Ragnar Bugge and tax director Karl Ludvig Bugge.[2]

In 1906 he married editor's daughter Dagmar Nathalie Næss.[1]

Career[]

He attended school in Mandal, and worked in the same city as a merchant from 1886. From 1890 until his retirement in 1927 he was a ship-owner. He also became a municipal politician, was a board member of Mandals og Oplands Privatbank and supervisory council member of Mandals Sparebank, and was a consular agent for France. He was decorated as a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.[1][3]

Bugge also published novels such as Kongen i Mandal (1910) and Fortuna (1913).[3] He died in November 1939.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1930). "Bugge, Jens Andreas Hjorth". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 75. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Mandal-slekten Bugge". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Bugge, (Johan Christian) Heuch". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 116. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1938 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 600. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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