Frederik Georg Gade

Fredrik Georg Gade (4 June 1830 – 16 May 1905) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Fredrik Georg Gade and his wife Anna. His ancestor had migrated to Norway from Hannover in the second half of the eighteenth century. In February 1854 he married Ingeborg Wallem (1830–1902), a sister of Fredrik Meltzer Wallem.

Gade began working in his father's manufacture business F. G. Gade around the age of Confirmation, and took over the company in 1849. As he did not acquire burghership until 1853, the company was run by his first cousin Herman Baars in the first phase. The company eventually went well, and in 1877 Gade retired from business, buying the farm Øvre Fantoft in Fana Municipality. He developed the surrounding area, and even bought a stave church which stood at Fortun in Nordre Bergenshu, had it moved and re-erected it as Fantoft stave church. Gade also took much of the initiative to found the Nesttun–Os Railway, and was an important shareholder. When Johan Sverdrup became prime minister in 1884, Gade was a candidate for a government minister position, but declined the offer. He wanted to back out of national politics, and only served as a deputy representative during the term 1886–1888. and was a board member of both companies until his death. He was also a board member of Den Nationale Scene. Through his brother Gerhard he was an uncle of Fredrik Herman Gade and John Allyne Gade, and through his wife he was an uncle of Fredrik Barbe Wallem.