Andreas Faye, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Andreas Faye

Norwegian priest

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1802

Place of Birth: Bragernes, Buskerud, Norway

Date of Death: 05-May-1869

Profession: writer, priest, politician, historian

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Andreas Faye (5 October 1802 – 5 May 1869) was a Norwegian priest, folklorist and historian.He was born in the neighborhood of Bragernes (now Drammen) in Buskerud, Norway.
He was the son of Christopher Faye (1772–1825) and Maren Mathea Borgen.
He graduated after studying theology at the University of Christiania (now University of Oslo) in 1828.
Faye was appointed vicar of Holt at Tvedestrand in 1833 and from 1839 he was also dean of Christianssands Stifts Seminarium in Kristiansand. He contributed to newspapers and magazines, and published a number of books, including the first folklore collection in Norway.
Among his books are Norges Historie til Brug ved Ungdommens Underviisning from 1831, Norske Sagn from 1833, and Udtog af Norges Historie from 1834.
He was elected to the Storting in 1842 from the contistuency Nedenæs og Raabygdelagets Amt (now Aust-Agder) and was decorated as a Knight of the Order of St.
Olav in 1866.
In 1861, he was appointed parish priest at Sande in Vestfold where he died in 1869.



Description	Norwegian painter granddaughter of Georg Burchard Jersin, student of Jørgen Roed, student of Adolph Tidemand
Date of birth/death	4 October 1822	23 November 1898
Location of birth/death	Voss	Kristiana
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