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About Henriette Wegner
Henriette Wegner, née Henriette Seyler, was a Norwegian businesswoman and philanthropist. She was a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg banking dynasty of Hamburg and moved to Norway in 1824 when she married the mining magnate Benjamin Wegner. She was briefly a co-owner of Berenberg Bank, and became one of the wealthiest women of Norway on her husband's death as the main owner of one of the country's largest forest estates.
Everything about Henriette Wegner →- Citizenship
- Hamburg, First French Empire, Norway
- Born
- October 1, 1805
- Died
- November 25, 1875