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Norwegian ship-owner and politician
Samuel Mathiassen Føyn (2 November 1786 – 9 August 1854) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, 1842 and 1848, representing the constituency of Tønsberg. He worked as a ship-owner, merchant and farmer in that city.