Hanna Brummenæs

Marthe Johanne (Hanna) Pedersdatter Brummenæs (12 December 1860, Hasseløy – 1 May 1942, Haugesund) was a Norwegian businesswoman in shipping and local politician in Haugesund. Together with Bertha Torgersen, she founded the shipping company Brummenæs & Torgersen in 1909, becoming the first female ship-owners, with a fleet growing to 15 ships. They worked and lived together most of their adult lives.

Brummenæs & Torgersen Hanna Brummenæs and Bertha Torgersen met each other as employees of a store in the copper mining community at the village Visnes in Norway. They later ran their own store together.

Around 1900 they moved to Haugesund and began to take an interest in shipping. They invested in shipping stocks, and made enough money to buy a herring steamer in 1909. The ship was called "D/S Gouval" and purchased in cash at an auction.

After the war, the ship industry in the city was in poor shape. Brummenæs & Torgersen had paid very little for their five ships and ran the shipping company very responsibly, so they went with a huge profit when the war damage claims were paid.

Brummenæs spent ten years in the City Council representing the liberal-conservative party Høyre. She was also active in advancing women's rights.