Nicolai Andresen

Nicolai Andresen (24 September 1781 – 18 November 1861) was a Norwegian merchant, banker and member of Stortinget.

Andresen had studied under a merchant in Flensburg, before immigrated to Christiania (now Oslo) in 1801.

He first entered as a partner with merchant G. F. Hagemann until 1809, when he established his own trading and shipping business.

Subsequently, Andresen also operated a factory which manufactured glazed tiles and cornice stones of baked clay.

[4] Andresen and his wife Engel Johanne Christiane Reichborn (1790-1826) had eleven children.