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Gustav Aarestrup
Gustav Nicolay Aarestrup (1 January 1916 – 15 November 2005) was a Norwegian jurist and businessperson. He was both chief executive officer and chair of Storebrand. Early life and World War II He was born in Steinkjer as a son of vicar Joachim Homboe Aarestrup (1866–1940) and his wife Anna Sophie Wiig (1872–1944). The family moved to Sagene two years later. He finished his secondary education in 1933, took Oslo Commerce School in 1934 and took the cand.jur. degree in 1938. He worked as a junior solicitor in Mysen until 1940, then briefly as a police officer in Oslo before being deputy judge in Farsund from 1940 to 1941. In July 1941, one year after the German invasion and occupation of Norway, Aarestrup was arrested for an attempt to flee the country. He was first imprisoned in Kristiansand's Arkivet, and later sat in Møllergata 19 from 8 to 22 August and in Grini concentration camp until mid-October 1941. In 1942 he left Farsund, being hired in the insurance comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steinkjer
Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on the inner part of the Trondheimsfjord. The town is also the administrative centre for Trøndelag county. Other populated areas in Steinkjer include the villages of Ogndal, Hyllbrua, Gaulstad, Beitstad, Bartnes, Trøndelag, Bartnes, Velle, Trøndelag, Vellamelen, Stod, Norway, Stod, Binde, Norway, Binde, Sunnan, Byafossen, Følling, Kvam, Steinkjer, Kvam, Lerkehaug, Mære, Sparbu, Vassaunet, Vekre, Malm, Follafoss, Sela, Trøndelag, Sela, and Verrastranda. The municipality is the 31st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Steinkjer is the 53rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 24,004. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.02% over the previous 10-year period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdens Gang
''Verdens Gang'' ("The course of the world"), generally known under the abbreviation ''VG'', is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper. In 2016, circulation numbers stood at 93,883, having declined from a peak circulation of 390,510 in 2002. ''VG'' is nevertheless the most read online newspaper in Norway, with about 2 million daily readers. Verdens Gang AS is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted. History and profile ''VG'' was established by members of the Norwegian resistance movement shortly after the country was liberated from German occupation in 1945. The first issue of the paper was published on 23 June 1945. Christian A. R. Christensen was the first editor-in-chief of ''VG'' from its start in 1945 to 1967 when he died. ''VG'' is based in Oslo. The paper is published in tabloid format. The owner is the media conglomerate Schibsted, which also owns Norway's largest newspaper, ''Aftenposten'', as well as newspapers in Sweden and Estonia and shares in some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livsforsikringsselskapet Idun
Livsforsikringsselskapet Idun was a Norwegian insurance company. It was founded in 1861. The first chief executive was Jørgen Gjerdrum. Idun was incorporated into Storebrand Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and ... in the 1970s. The current CFO is Anne Barfod, and she leads the Board. References Insurance companies of Norway Financial services companies established in 1861 1861 establishments in Norway Companies disestablished in the 1970s Companies based in Oslo Norwegian companies established in 1861 Defunct companies of Norway {{Norway-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fjellinjen
Fjellinjen AS is a toll company owned by the City of Oslo (60%) and Viken County Municipality (40%). It is responsible for the collection from the toll ring around Oslo, with a total of nineteen toll plazas. All toll roads in Norway have a toll road operator responsible for the financing of the road project. The right to demand payment of toll charges is granted when a toll charge agreement is entered into with the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. Fjellinjen is one of the regional toll companies created following the Government’s decision to merge the toll companies into five regional companies. Fjellinjen became the first regional company when Minister of Transportation and Communications, Ketil Solvik-Olsen signed a new toll charge agreement with the company. The reform was proposed by Prime minister Solberg's cabinet and has four parts – a reduction of toll road operators, separation of the toll service provision for tolls and ferry tickets from the toll road compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festning Tunnel
The Festning Tunnel ( no, Festningstunnelen) is a motorway tunnel on European Route E18 in the city center of Oslo, Norway. The tunnel has two tubes, with three lanes in each. It runs from Bjørvika, under Akershus Fortress, The City Hall Square and Vika to Filipstad. The tunnel is and elevation at the deepest. The tunnel was previously also known as the Mountain Line () and the Oslo Tunnel (). The name Fjellinjen was since taken over by the company responsible for charging toll fees on the urban toll ring in Oslo. The tunnel changed its official name from the Oslo Tunnel to the Festning Tunnel in 1998 to avoid confusion with the railway tunnel with the same name. In 2008 and 2009, the electrical installation in the tunnel is being upgraded, financed through toll fees, costing . In the west, the tunnel connects to Dronning Mauds gate with a cloverleaf intersection, and also has the intersection prepared for a future Slottspark Tunnel. In the east, it connects to Nylandsve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erling Storrusten
Erling Storrusten (28 September 1923 – 10 June 2018) was a Norwegian business executive. He was born in Tretten. He served as managing director of the Norway Travel Association from 1963 to 1970 and of the Norwegian Automobile Federation from 1971 to 1986, and edited the 1989 and 1992 editions of the road atlas '' NAF Veibok''. As a student during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Storrusten was a member of the clandestine intelligence organization XU, and among his activities was supervision of activities at the Wehrmacht headquarters in Lillehammer. He resided at Østerås Østerås is a village in Akershus, Norway. Østerås (station) Østerås is a village in Akershus, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises t .... He died in 2018 at the age of 94. References 1923 births 2018 deaths People from Øyer Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian resistance me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olav Selvaag
Olav Selvaag (17 December 1912 – 14 January 2002) was a Norwegian engineer and residential contractor, known for his innovative approach to designing and building affordable housing during the later half of the twentieth century. He was largely responsible for the post–World War II economic expansion, post–World War II development of the neighborhoods Veitvet and Vestli at Groruddalen and Rykkinn at Bærum in Oslo, Norway. Biography Jens Olav Walaas Selvaag grew up in the small community of Lista in Vest-Agder, Norway. He came from a home with socially-committed parents. His father, Ole Walaas Selvaag (1870–1930), was a medical doctor who rose to prominence as a public health official at the district and county level; and was also a Parliament of Norway, member of parliament for the Liberal Party of Norway, Liberal Party. Olav's mother was Kathrine Amalie née Samuelsen (1884–1970), a home economics teacher. As a result of his father's political and professional prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan B
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Oslofjord
The Oslofjord (, ; en, Oslo Fjord) is an inlet in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the and lighthouses and down to in the south to Oslo in the north. It is part of the Skagerrak strait, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea. The Oslofjord is not a fjord in the geological sense — in Norwegian the term can refer to a wide range of waterways. The bay is divided into the inner () and outer () Oslofjord, separated by the long by wide Drøbak Sound. The innermost part is known as the Bunnefjorden. Name In the period 1624–1925 the name of the fjord was (or ), since Christiania was the name of the capital in this period. The old Norse name of the fjord was , giving names to the counties of Vestfold ('the district west of Fold') and Østfold ('the district east of Fold') — and also the district Follo. Geography Each of the islands in the innermost part of the fjord has its own identi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rådhusplassen
Rådhusplassen ("The City Hall Square") is a square located between Oslo City Hall and the Oslofjord in Vika, Oslo, Norway. Previously used as a road and part of European route E18, it has since 1994 served as a recreational area. North of the square stands the city hall, to the south the fjord, to the east Akershus Fortress and to the east the former Western Railway Station. History Up until the 1920s, the area of Pipervika was dominated by common housing, and was seen by the contemporary elite as an area with low housing standard, poor hygiene and lack of moral standards. Plans for the new city hall started in 1915, and in 1921 the Parliament of Norway passed legislation allowing expropriation of parts of Pipervika to build a city hall and a square. An architectural competition announced in 1916 was won by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson. Their plan involved paving the square with granite, and making it an urban open space, instead of a park. Construction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of in 2019, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of in 2021. During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name Ánslo, and established as a ''kaupstad'' or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence. After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a municipality ('' formannskapsdistrikt'') on 1 January 1838. The city fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
