# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-wegner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:05:18.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-wegner"
name: "Benjamin Wegner"
slug: "benjamin-wegner"
description: "Jacob Benjamin Wegner was a Norwegian business magnate. He was one of the country's leading mining magnates as the director-general and co-owner of Blaafarveværket, and also had significant interests in other mining and timber companies."
tagline: "Norwegian businessman (1795–1864)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_Wegner_2_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
birthDate: "1795-02-21"
deathDate: "1864-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.17
  momentum:             4.033613445378151
  historical:           7.672678666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Benjamin Wegner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامين ويغنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بنجامين ويجنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Benjamin_Wegner"
    title: "Jacob Benjamin Wegner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wegner"
    title: "Benjamin Wegner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wegner_(Industrieller)"
    title: "Benjamin Wegner (Industrieller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wegner"
    title: "Benjamin Wegner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wegner"
    title: "Benjamin Wegner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wegner"
    title: "Benjamin Wegner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump