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'''Johan Friederich Wewer''' (8 March 1699 - 9 May 1759) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] merchant and [[ship-owner]]. He was a co-founder of Fabritius & Wewer and was also active in the [[Danish West India Company]], [[Danish Asia Company]], Danish Africa Company and the [[Royal Greenland Trading Department]].
==Early life and education==
Wewer was born in [[Cleve]].<ref name="DBL"></ref> He was probably called to [[Copenhagen]] by [[Michael Fabritius]] with whom he founded Fabritius & Wewer in 1740.<ref name="jmarcussen"></ref> An attempt to set up a trade route [[Levant]] but the company prospered from trade on the Danish colonies. [[Johann Ludvig Zinn]] worked for the company from 1757.<ref></ref>
Wewer was also active in most of the chartered companies of his time,. He served as one of the directors of the [[Danish West India Company]] from 1746 and was from 1752 also one of the directors of the [[Danish Asia Company]]. In 1754, he purchased the Danish West India Company's buildings and quay at Christianshavn. He was also involved in the [[Royal Greenland Trading Department]] and was in 1755 appointed as director of the Danish Africa Company. He was appointed as royal agent in 1743 and as ''Etatsråd'' in 1754.<ref name="DBL"/>
==Other activities==
Wewer was also appointed as ''overformynder'' and one of the directors of Opfostringshuset. He was also a member of the commission for the construction of [[Christian*s Church, Copenhagen|Frederick's German Church]] in Chrisitianshavn.
==Personal life==
Wewer's business partner, Michael Fabritius. doed in 1746. Wewer's married his widow, Anna Maria Fabritius née Köster, on 19 January 1748.
Wewer died on 9 May 1759 and was initially buried in the chapel of the [[Church of Golmen]] but was later moved to Frederick's German Church. His widow married major-general Jean Baptiste Descariéres de Longueville (1699-1766) in 1763.<ref name="DBL"/>
== References ==
[[Category:18th-century Danish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Danish businesspeople in shipping]]
[[Category:German emigrants to Denmark]]
[[Category:1699 births]]
[[Category:1759 deaths]]
[[da:Johan Friederich Wewer]]
==Early life and education==
Wewer was born in [[Cleve]].<ref name="DBL"></ref> He was probably called to [[Copenhagen]] by [[Michael Fabritius]] with whom he founded Fabritius & Wewer in 1740.<ref name="jmarcussen"></ref> An attempt to set up a trade route [[Levant]] but the company prospered from trade on the Danish colonies. [[Johann Ludvig Zinn]] worked for the company from 1757.<ref></ref>
Wewer was also active in most of the chartered companies of his time,. He served as one of the directors of the [[Danish West India Company]] from 1746 and was from 1752 also one of the directors of the [[Danish Asia Company]]. In 1754, he purchased the Danish West India Company's buildings and quay at Christianshavn. He was also involved in the [[Royal Greenland Trading Department]] and was in 1755 appointed as director of the Danish Africa Company. He was appointed as royal agent in 1743 and as ''Etatsråd'' in 1754.<ref name="DBL"/>
==Other activities==
Wewer was also appointed as ''overformynder'' and one of the directors of Opfostringshuset. He was also a member of the commission for the construction of [[Christian*s Church, Copenhagen|Frederick's German Church]] in Chrisitianshavn.
==Personal life==
Wewer's business partner, Michael Fabritius. doed in 1746. Wewer's married his widow, Anna Maria Fabritius née Köster, on 19 January 1748.
Wewer died on 9 May 1759 and was initially buried in the chapel of the [[Church of Golmen]] but was later moved to Frederick's German Church. His widow married major-general Jean Baptiste Descariéres de Longueville (1699-1766) in 1763.<ref name="DBL"/>
== References ==
[[Category:18th-century Danish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Danish businesspeople in shipping]]
[[Category:German emigrants to Denmark]]
[[Category:1699 births]]
[[Category:1759 deaths]]
[[da:Johan Friederich Wewer]]
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