Adolf Bredo Stabell

Who was Adolf Bredo Stabell?

Adolf Bredo Stabell was a Norwegian newspaper editor, banker and politician.

He was born in Trondhjem as a son of Nicolai Bredo Stabell and Karen Bolette Grøgaard. He was married twice. In September 1829 in Trondhjem he married Caroline Birgitte Knudtzon. Many years after her death, in March 1860 in Christiania he married Theodora Adolphine Egidius.

He edited the newspaper Morgenbladet from 1831 to 1857. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus Amt in 1844, and was re-elected in 1847, 1850, 1853 and 1856. From 1848 he had served as President of the Odelsting. He co-founded Akers Sparebank in 1842, chairing it from 1846 to 1865, and in 1858 he co-founded Den norske Creditbank which he led from 1858.