Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág

Commemorative plaque of Gregersen de Saág in Budapest.
Photograph: Hungarian Wikipedia user Csurla (2010)

Gudbrand Gregersen de Saág (né Gregersen; 17 April 1824 – 24 December 1910), in Hungarian even Guilbrand, was a Norwegian-born bridge engineer and member of the Hungarian nobility since 1884.

Biography

Gregersen was born on 17 April 1824 to farmer Nils Gregersen (1804–1868) and Anne Trulsdatter (1803–1838) in Modum, Norway.

A young man and a crafter, Gregersen came to Hungary in the 1850s, where he established a company within general contracting. After a few years, the company had become one of the leading in the Kingdom.

Living in the town Szob, Gregersen was married with Lujza (Luise) Sümegh (1836–1906), a daughter of Josef Sümeg and Katharina Stitz. They had 19 children together, of whom seven died as infants. Two of their children were György (Georg) and Ödön (Audun).

In 1884 Gregersen with wife and (some) children were ennobled by Francis Joseph, Apostolic King of Hungary. They were also granted a coat of arms which, in the upper field, displays the Norwegian Lion.

Gregersen died on 24 December 1910 in Szob. He remained a Lutheran all his life.

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