Bent Salvesen [SEP] country of citizenship
leading men and by governor Johan Collett.
According to Alfthan Vogt Brocklesby Juel, Bent Salvesen was well known in Drammen for his witty humour, giving rise to several sayings in Norway.
He was the father of, among others, Jacob Fegth Salvesen (born 1809), who settled in Africa and married an English woman, of ship's merchant in Antwerp Iver Feght Salvesen (born 1817), and of Caroline Louise Salvesen (1812–1887), who grew up with her uncle, ship-owner and estate owner
Bent Salvesen
Bent Salvesen (born 20 October 1787 at Hesnes in Grimstad, died 17 September 1820 in Santander, Spain) was a Norwegian ship's captain, lieutenant in the Royal Danish Navy and privateer authorized by the Dano-Norwegian government to attack English ships during the Napoleonic Wars. He commanded one of the two ships from Drammen which received the letter of marque during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was a son of ship's captain and ship-owner Salve Olsen Hesnes (1749–1813) and Louise Bentsdatter (1760–1814)