Jens Bang
{{Short description|Danish merchant}}
Jens Bang (c. 1575 - 20 February 1644) was a wealthy Danish merchant.
Biography
Born in Horsens, he was the son of merchant Oluf Bang. His older half-brother was the mayor, Jørgen Olufsen. Bang arrived in Aalborg at the age of 22 where he was apprenticed to a merchant. He purchased a large plot of land in 1621 on the corner of Algade and Østerå where, in 1623-24, he built a large stone house, which came to be known as Jens Bang's House. He may have been trying to out-do his older brother, Olufsen, who had built a large stone house in 1616 at 25 Østerå, which came to be known as Jørgen Olufsen's House. He married Mette, daughter of Knud Jensen, the eel-salter.{{sfn|Marryat|1860|p=86}} Bang died in Aalborg in 1644.
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- {{cite book|last=Marryat|first=Horace|title=A Residence in Jutland, the Danish Isles, and Copenhagen|url=https://archive.org/details/residenceinjutla01marruoft|page=[https://archive.org/details/residenceinjutla01marruoft/page/86 86]|edition=Public domain|year=1860|publisher=John Murray}}
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Category:17th-century Danish businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from Aalborg
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