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About Anders Beer
- Anders Beer (15 January 1801 – 24 January 1863) was a Norwegian ship-owner and tanner. He was born in Flekkefjord as a son of ship-owner and consul Christopher Beer (1770–1839) and Anne Malene Tjørsvaag (1772–1820).
- He was a younger brother of Jens Henrik Beer, and a grandson of Jens Henrik Beer, Sr..He attended Christianssand Cathedral School, and also stayed in France for some time before becoming a businessman in his hometown.
- Like many others in the town, he made a living out of the herring fishing industry as well as shipbuilding.
- He also operated a small tobacco factory and a mill in the district Tjørsvågstranden.
- After 1838 the herring fishing in South Norway declined rapidly, and Beer sold his ships and developed small industry at Tjørsvågstranden.
- He opened an oil press (linseed oil and other types), a sawmill, a bakery and a tannery.
- The tannery became especially successful, and Beer has been credited with founding the tanning industry in Norway.
- He was the first to import hides to Norway.
- He exported to Sweden, in addition to covering the South Norwegian market with his products.
- The export was conducted with three ships owned by Beer, one sloop and two lesser vessels.Beer was a consul of France from 1829 to 1837 and Denmark from 1853 to 1858.
- He was also the mayor of Flekkefjord for the year of 1843, being preceded by Johan Andreas Kraft and succeeded by L.
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- In 1855 he paid for a road connection between Flekkefjord and Tjørsvågstranden.Beer was married twice, first to Kirstine Dorothea Lassen (1803–1843) and then to Thea Smith (1822–1914).
- He was a maternal grandfather of Anders Beer Wilse.
- He died in January 1863 in Flekkefjord.
- His company went bankrupt shortly after his death, but other tanneries in the town survived.
- A road in Flekkefjord, Anders Beers gate, has been named after him.
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