Jørgen Young

Jørgen Young (baptized April 17, 1781 – died February 26, 1837) was a Norwegian timber merchant born in Vinger. Youngstorget (Young's Square) in Oslo is named after him.

Young had his own dwelling in the building that now stands at Storgata no. 3 in Christiania. He purchased the Enerhaugen neighborhood in 1815 and parceled out the properties there in order to drive out the most well-off cottagers, whereby in return for leasing land there the people and their families had to provide unpaid labor,

Young was also one of the city's fire commissioners, for which he received a small fee from the city budget. In 1818 he purchased the property later known as Youngsløkken from the court justice Paul Thrane. Young was the wealthiest man in the city from 1833 to 1834.