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Morten Sig. Bergesen
Morten Sigval Bergesen (born 2 June 1951) is a Norwegian ship-owner. He was born in Stockholm as a grandson of Sigval Bergesen the Younger. He was also a great-grandson of Sigval Bergesen, grandnephew of Ole Bergesen and cousin of Petter C. G. Sundt. He was a co-owner of his grandfather's shipping company Bergesen d.y. Bergesen d.y. ASA was a Norwegian shipping company, and one of the world's largest. The company was founded by Sigval Bergesen d.y. (1893–1980). He was the son of Sigval Bergesen, who was also a shipping magnate, but in 1935 he broke with ... from 1976 together with Petter C. G. Sundt. He sold his share in 2003. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergesen, Morten Sigval 1951 births Living people Norwegian businesspeople in shipping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigval Bergesen The Younger
Sigval Bergesen d.y. (27 April 1893 – 7 May 1980) was one of Norway’s leading shipping magnates and industrial entrepreneurs. Personal life He was born in Stavanger as a son of Sigval Bergesen (1863–1956), who was also a shipping magnate, and Rachel Racine (1866–1936). He was a grandson of Ole Bergesen, brother of Ole Bergesen and uncle of Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen and Ole Bergesen. He was a maternal grandfather of Morten Sigval Bergesen and Petter C. G. Sundt. He was married twice; first to Ingerid Sømme (1895–1980) from December 1916 to 1945. She was a sister of Iacob Dybwad Sømme and Sven Sømme. From 1945 he was married to Nanki de Fekete (1903–1983), a former wife of Emil Lie. Career In 1935 he broke with his father to form his own company, Bergesen d.y. The same year he bought the tanker ''President de Vogue'' (renamed ''Bergesund''), in 1937 ''Charles Racine'' and in 1939 ''Anders Jahre'' (renamed ''Bergeland''). By the time of the war he then had thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigval Bergesen
Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen (3 April 1863 – 4 December 1956) was a Norwegian shipowner and industrialist who served as a member of the Norwegian Parliament . Bergesen was born at Farsund in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was a son of Ole Bergesen (1832-1899) and Marthe Marie Sophie Soeborg Jensen (1830-1908). He completed middle school in Kristiansand in 1879 and then received a trade school education in Osnabrück, Germany. Between the years 1882–1887, he received experience with chartering and ship brokerage businesses in Germany and Britain. In 1887, he moved to Stavanger where he founded his own shipping company, ''Sigval Bergesen'' (not to be confused with Bergesen d.y. ASA, which was founded by his son Sigval). Over time, his fleet grew to become the city's largest. Bergesen was member of the Parliament of Norway from 1903 to 1909. He also held several important board positions, among these chairman of the Norwegian America Line from 1929 to 1939. A statue of Sigva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Bergesen (1891)
Bergesen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen (1914–1965), Norwegian shipowner *Brad Bergesen (born 1985), professional baseball player * Finn Bergesen (1945–2012), Norwegian businessperson *Helge Ole Bergesen (1949–2015), Norwegian political scientist and politician * Morten Sigval Bergesen (born 1951), Norwegian shipowner * Ole Bergesen (1832–1899), Norwegian priest and politician * Ole Bergesen (1891–1955), Norwegian shipowner * Ole Bergesen (1916–1965), Norwegian jurist and politician * Sigval Bergesen (1863–1956), Norwegian shipowner and politician *Sigval Bergesen the Younger Sigval Bergesen d.y. (27 April 1893 – 7 May 1980) was one of Norway’s leading shipping magnates and industrial entrepreneurs. Personal life He was born in Stavanger as a son of Sigval Bergesen (1863–1956), who was also a shipping magnate, ... (1893–1980), Norwegian shipowner {{surname, Bergesen Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petter C
Petter may refer to: People: * Petter (given name) *W. E. W. Petter William Edward Willoughby "Teddy" Petter (8 August 1908, Highgate in Middlesex – 1 May 1968, Béruges) was a British aircraft designer. He is noted for Westland's wartime aeroplanes, the Canberra, the early design of the Lightning, and his las ..., English aircraft designer * Arlie Petters, a Belizean-American mathematical physicist * Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide Place names: * Petter Bay, a bay on Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands, in Scotland In business: * Lister Petter, a British manufacturer of internal combustion engines ** Petters Limited, a former manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and one of Lister Petter's predecessors * Petters Group Worldwide, a diversified company headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota Other: *The Petter Chamor, a mitzvah in Judaism * Petter Dass Museum, a museum in Alstahaug, Norway dedicated to Lutheran priest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergesen D , a Norwegian shipping company
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Bergesen may refer to: * Bergesen (surname) * Bergesen Island, Nunavut, Canada * Bergesen d.y. Bergesen d.y. ASA was a Norwegian shipping company, and one of the world's largest. The company was founded by Sigval Bergesen d.y. (1893–1980). He was the son of Sigval Bergesen, who was also a shipping magnate, but in 1935 he broke with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 15 – In a court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * January 20 – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps kill 240 and bury 45,000 for a time, in Switzerland, Austria and Italy. * January 21 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts catastrophically, killing nearly 3,000 people and causing great devastation in Oro Province. * January 25 – Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of his children's novel '' Journey Through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
