Background
Brøgger was born to Niels Christian Brøgger (1783–1827) and Frideriche Bader (1791–1864) in Kristiansand, Aust-Agder.
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Career
In 1827, Brøgger"s family moved to Christiania. His father died the same year. At the age of 16, Brøgger became an apprentice at the publishing company Guldberg & Dzwonkowski.
In 1842, he finished his apprenticeship and became a factor at the concern run by the Wulfsberg printing and bookselling family.
In 1851, he rented the premises of Guldberg & Dzwonkowski and started his own printing house, A. West. Brøggers Bogtrykkeri. From 1851 to 1866, A. West. Brøggers Bogtrykkeri published the gazette Illustreret Nyhetsblad.
Among its contributors were Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, P. A. Munch, Andreas Munch, Jørgen Moe and Ole Vig. The daily newspaper Christiania-Posten was printed by Brøgger"s printing house.
In 1860, A. West. Brøggers Bogtrykkeri printed the yearbooks of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
lieutenant also published several Norwegian academic and scientific publications and, in 1863, textbooks for Jørgen Wright Cappelen. Christie left the printing house in 1872. The printing house ceased operations in 1981.
