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Henrik Heftye

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Henrik Thomassen Heftye (21 November 1804 – 18 February 1864) was a Norwegian businessman and philanthropist.

Henrik Heftye

Personal life

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He was born in Christiania as the son of merchant Thomas Johannessen Heftye (1767–1827) and his wife Katharina Tschudi (1773–1807). Through his sister Betha he was a brother-in-law of ship-owner Mogens Thorsen.[1] He was the brother of banker and politician Johannes Thomassen Heftye, and through him an uncle of banker Thomas Johannessen Heftye, and a granduncle of Thomas Heftye.[2]

Career

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His father migrated to Norway from Switzerland in the late eighteenth century, and founded the family company Thos. Joh. Heftye & Søn. Henrik Heftye took the cand.theol. degree in 1829, but after this he joined the family company. He was the director of Norges Hypotekbank from 1852, and a member of the board of Storebrand from 1853 to 1858. He was also involved in the art community, being a co-founder and treasurer of Christiania Kunstforening in 1836.[1] Other founding members were Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Johan Dahl and Frederik Stang.[3]

In 1862 he wrote his will, in which he donated sums to philanthropy.[1] Among others, his donations founded what is today known as Heftye Kindergarten (Heftyes barnehage).[4] He died in February 1864 in Aker.[1] [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Heftye, Christine C. (2001). "Henrik Heftye". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  2. ^ Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Heftye". In Henriksen, Petter (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Om Oslo Kunstforening" (in Norwegian). Oslo Kunstforening. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  4. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Henrik Thomassen Heftye". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Heftyes barnehage". Oslo Kommune. 16 January 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
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