Jørgen Meinich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Industrialist and city councillor of Kristiania
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Place of Birth: Søndre Land, Oppland, Norway
About Jørgen Meinich
- Jørgen Henrik Meinich (24 March 1820 – 8 September 1911) was a Norwegian jurist and industrialist. He was born in Søndre Land as a son of stipendiary magistrate Jens Christian Meinich (1787–1855) and Lisa Berg (1795–1824).
- He was a brother of Hans Thomas Meinich.
- In November 1847 in Christiania he married Claudine Birgitte Gulbranson (1823–1852), a daughter of Hans Gulbranson and half sister of Carl August Gulbranson.
- They adopted Jens Bratlie.
- He grew up at the manor Kronviken.
- He attended school in Skien and took the examen artium in 1839, then studied law to graduate with the cand.jur.
- degree in 1845.
- After a period as deputy judge in Ringerike, he worked in the Ministry of Finance until 1853.
- He settled at the property Bjølsen by the river Akerselva.He was a pioneer in the development of the Norwegian wood processing industry and the use of hydropower in the industry.
- He established Norway's second pulp mill, Bjørsheim Træsliiberie, in 1865.
- He was a co-founder and first chairman of the association Akerselvens Brugseierforening from 1866 to 1891.
- He was also a joint owner of the companies Bentse Brug and Nydalens Compagnie.
- In Nydalens Compagnie he was a board member from 1868 to his death 1911, serving as chair since 1896.
- Outside of the Aker district, he was the first chairman of Ekers og Giethuus Papirfabriker when it was established as a joint stock company in 1873, and served as such until his death.Meinich also chaired Norges Hypotekbank from 1885 to 1908, was a board member of the Norwegian State Railways and was active in the Royal Norwegian Society for Development.
- He was mayor of Aker from 1875 to 1877, and when his district was incorporated in the city Kristiania in 1878 he became a city council member.He was decorated Commander of the Order of St.
- Olav (1897) and the Danish Order of Dannebrog, and Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.
- He died in Kristiania in September 1911, 91 years old, and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.
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