Johan Jørgen Schwartz

Johan Jørgen Schwartz (19 February 1824 – 17 March 1898) was a Norwegian politician and businessperson.[1]

Schwartz was born at Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. He was the son of Hans Jürgen Schwartz (1785-1844) and Marie Cathrine Wærner (1803-89). He attended to Drammen Latin School. Schwartz first worked as a merchant in Drammen. He started its own company in 1848 and expanded it into one of the city's largest sawmills, timber trade and shipping company. [2]

He was the mayor of Drammen (1862-1866). He sat in the Norwegian Parliament as part of the conservative wing between the period (1857-1876). He was a supporter of railways, and was active in passing Randsfjordbanen, Drammenbanen, Jarlsbergbanen and Vossebanen.[3] He was also director of Norges Bank in Drammen. Schwartz was a co-owner of Eidsfos Verk (1873-79). After an economic crisis, he went bankrupt in 1879 and retired from public business. His son, Paul Lassen Schwartz (1853-1922), joined the company which bought the ironworks at Eidsfoss out of bankruptcy in 1891. [3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Johan Jørgen Schwartz". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Geir Helgen. "Johan Jørgen Schwartz". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Gubberud, Ivar J. (1983). Vossebanen 1883-1983. Oslo: Norsk Jernbaneklubb. p. 134. ISBN 82-90286-05-8.
  4. ↑ Jen Erik Gulbrandsen. "Johan Jørgen Schwartz (1824 – 1898)". Terra Buskerud Historieboka. Retrieved August 1, 2017.


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