Fredrik Georg Gade
Overview
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
as the son of merchant Fredrik Georg Gade (1830–1905) and his wife Ingeborg Wallem (1830–1902). The family originated in Lüneburg
Lüneburg
Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...
; an ancestor had migrated to Norway in the eighteenth century. The name Fredrik Georg was a family tradition. He was the brother of Herman Gerhard Gade
Herman Gerhard Gade
Herman Gerhard Gade was a Norwegian physician, known for his work to fight tuberculosis.He was born in Bergen as the son of businessperson Fredrik Georg Gade and his wife Ingeborg Wallem . In June 1899 he married Alvide C. Pedersen from Stavanger...
, and a first cousin of Fredrik Barbe Wallem, Fredrik Herman Gade
Fredrik Herman Gade
Fredrik Herman Gade was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born at Frogner Manor near Christiania as a son of United States consul Gerhard Gade and his American-born wife Helen Allyne. He was a brother of John Allyne Gade, a nephew of Fredrik Georg Gade, Sr and a first cousin of Herman Gerhard Gade and...
and John Allyne Gade
John Allyne Gade
John Allyne Gade was an American architect, naval officer, diplomat, investment banker and author.-Background:...
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Gade married twice. His first marriage, to Augusta Smith-Petersen (1858–1936), a daughter of Morten Smith-Petersen, lasted from September 1881 to 1898—she later married Christian Sinding
Christian Sinding
Christian August Sinding was a Norwegian composer.-Personal life:He was born in Kongsberg as a son of mine superindendent Matthias Wilhelm Sinding and Cecilie Marie Mejdell . He was a brother of the painter Otto Sinding and the sculptor Stephan Sinding...
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