A fact from Amund Ringnes (brewery owner, 1840) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 July 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Norwegian brewery owners Ellef and Amund Ringnes have had two islands in Canada named after them?
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It was the eight brewery in Christiania - presumably it should be eighth?
Ellef Ringnes and his brother became patrons in Christiania - they became patrons of what, precisely? --Ohconfucius¡digame! 02:55, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for these questions. You are of course right about the eigth/eighth quesion. "Patron" was the best translation I could find for the Norwegian word "mesén". They just gave a lot a money to various projects in Christiania. Is "benefactor" better? --Eisfbnoretalk 07:31, 4 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
