Gysbert Behagen

Gysbert Behagen (8 March 1725 – 17 December 1783) was a German-Danish merchant, ship owner and director of Danish Asia Company.

His mother later moved to Copenhagen where she married the wealthy merchant Joost van Hemert in 1732.

[1] Behagen became an agent and a grocer in 1760 and was also active in Kurantbanken where he held several trusted posts.

In 1764, he obtained a royal licence to establish a sugar refinery at his house in Strandgade.

When the octroi was up for renewal in 1772, many stakeholders expressed their dissatisfaction with the management and a new board was elected.