Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen

Urban Jacob Rasmus Børresen (June 2, 1857 – January 18, 1943) was a Norwegian rear admiral and industry leader.

[4] In addition to his naval career, from 1890 to 1895 Børresen edited the Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesenet (Norwegian Journal of Nautical Affairs).

His publications included Tordenskjold (1901),[1][4] Den russisk-japanske krig (The Russo-Japanese War; three vols., 1904–1905),[1] Fra dekksgutt til officer (From Deckhand to Officer; 1929), En verdensdame i orienten (A Woman of the World in the Orient; 1931), and the memoirs I storm og solgangsvær (In Storm and Diurnal Wind; 1936).

[7] During the crisis associated with the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in the summer and fall of 1905, Børresen was the chief commander of the armored ships department and, after the navy was mobilized on September 13, he became commander of the navy's main force, the Skagerrak squadron.

The conflict persisted until 1910, when a tribunal was created for the matter in the upper house of the Norwegian parliament.

His industrial career ended in ruin in 1920, when Børresen was one of the main figures in the "Nickel scandal" (Norwegian: nikkelaffæren).