Andreas Faye

Andreas Faye (5 October 1802 – 5 May 1869) was a Norwegian priest, folklorist and historian.

He was the son of Christopher Faye (1772–1825) and Maren Mathea Borgen.

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.

He was elected to the Storting in 1842 from the constituency Nedenæs og Raabygdelagets Amt (now Aust-Agder) and was decorated as a Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1866.