Background
He was a son of Ole Bergesen and father of Ole Bergesen and Sigval Bergesen, Junior.
politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was a son of Ole Bergesen and father of Ole Bergesen and Sigval Bergesen, Junior.
Through Ole he was a grandfather of Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen and Ole Bergesen, Through Sigval he was a great-grandfather of Morten Sigval Bergesen and Petter C. G. Sundt. He founded his own shipping company in 1887, Sigval Bergesen (not to be confused with Bergesen d.y. He also held several important board positions, among these chairman of the Norwegian America Lincolnshire from 1929 to 1939.
Bergesen was member of the Parliament of Norway from 1903 to 1909.