Anders Edvard Olsen Bergene (1855 – 1920) was a Norwegian businessperson. He founded the chocolate company Bergene.

He was born in Hedrum

Hedrum

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, but eventually moved to Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 (Oslo). He worked as a wholesaler from 1882, and from 1890 he also sold self-produced candy. In 1906 he expanded to establish a chocolate factory

Chocolate Factory

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 A. Bergene Chokoladefabrik at Rodeløkka

Rodeløkka

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. In 1919, one year before his death, the ownership was transferred to his son Alf Bergene. The company became a limited company

Limited company

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 in 1961 under the name Bergene, and merged with Nidar

Nidar

Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery. Nidar's candy factory is located in Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group....

in 1980. Its chocolate production in Oslo ceased in 2001.