Andreas Bredal Wessel (7 May 1858 – 7 April 1940) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in the city of Bergen as a son of engineer Peter Mathias Wessel (1821–1890) and Mathilde Cecilie Ross (1829–1902).
He enrolled in medicine studies at the Royal Frederick University, whence he graduated with the cand.med.
The newly married couple moved to the town of Kirkenes, where Wessel had been hired as district physician of Sør-Varanger Municipality.
[1][3] When mining commenced in Sør-Varanger, the conservative Wessel became more aware of poverty and its detrimental medical effects, and aligned with the Labour Party.