Ferdinand Julian Egeberg

Ferdinand Julian Egeberg (23 November 1842 – 12 September 1921) was a Norwegian military officer, chamberlain and timber merchant.

Through their daughter Esther Lucy Egeberg he was grandfather of painter and writer Ferdinand Finne.

[1] Together with his brother Einar, he took over his family's Christiania-based timber company Westye Egeberg & Co in 1874, after the death of their father.

[1] Upon his 75th birthday in 1917, Egeberg donated 10,000 kr to the sports association Norges Riksforbund for Idræt.

Egeberg also funded a design competition for the trophy, won by sculptor Magnus Vigrestad.

Ferdinand Julian Egeberg c. 1885
Egeberg (back right) with family members