Louise Keilhau
Louise Keilhau (1860–1927) was a Norwegian teacher and peace activist. She founded the ''Norwegian Committee for Permanent Peace'' and she was a founding member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Life Keilhau realised that war was coming in the early part of the twentieth century and she traveled internationally to make ready. She was a leading member of the Norwegian Red Cross. Keilhau was credited with inspiring the Norwegian Red Cross to take an active role to relieve suffering during the First World War. She was the only woman on the Red Cross's executive board and, with the support of other women, encouraged the Norwegian Red Cross to look up from its domestic problems. In 1915 she was chosen as the Norwegian delegate to a peace conference in the Hague. Delegates were called from around the world although many had difficulties attending because the peace efforts were "only" of women and hostilities made travel difficult. At the conferenc ...
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Wilhelm Keilhau
Wilhelm Christian Ottesen Keilhau (30 July 1888 – 9 June 1954) was a Norwegian historian and economist. Personal life Keilhau was born in Kristiania on 30 July 1888, to Harald Keilhau and Louise Ottesen. He was married twice, first to Rachel Greiner in 1915, and second time to Rita Wilhelma Steensrud. Career He was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1934. Among his works are his thesis ' from 1917 and ' from 1923. In addition to his academic career, Keilhau also engaged in other activities. He published two novels and a poetry collection. He was CEO of Norway's first airline company, Det norske Luftfartsrederi, in 1918. During World War II he was a member of the board of directors of the London department of Norges Bank. References External links * 1888 births 1954 deaths Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian historians Norwegian economists Academic staff of the University of Oslo 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople 20th-century Nor ...
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