Alf Scott-Hansen (10 November 1870 – 16 September 1936) was a Norwegian engineer and civil servant.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of priest in the

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(''Sjømannskirken''), Andreas Michael Hansen (1834–1901) and Simonine Stephansen (1840–1925). He was a brother of Commander Sigurd Scott-Hansen. He was a first cousin of

Sam Eyde Samuel Eyde (29 October 1866 – 21 June 1940) was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist. He was the founder of both Norsk Hydro and Elkem. Personal life Eyde was born in Arendal in Aust-Agder, Norway. He was a son of ship-owner Samuel Eyde (181 ...

on the maternal side. In 1898 he married consul's daughter Lalla Wiborg (1869-1953). They had the son Alf Scott-Hansen (1903–1961), a film director who was once married to actress and singer,

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(1917-2011).

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1888, and graduated from the

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in 1903. Before graduating he had been hired in the

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in 1893, State Port Authority (''Statens Havnevesen'') later in 1893, then

's company Gleim & Eyde in 1897 before he became subdirector in Norges Oplysningskontor for Næringsveiene in 1902. From 1903 to 1905 he was also the vice president of the

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. Scott-Hansen was an executive in

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from its start in 1905 until 1920. Here he re-joined Sam Eyde, who served as director-general, the highest executive in Norsk Hydro. After leaving the company, Scott-Hansen was the chief executive of Store Norsk-Franske Kolonikompani for one year, then chief engineer in Statens Havnevesen from 1922 and director from 1925. He chaired the supervisory council of

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and was a supervisory council member of

, De-No-Fa,

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, Arendals Smelteverk and

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. He was a board member of Frydenlunds Bryggeri, Norges Varemesse, ''Eksportnæringenes Landsforbund'', the

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and Ingeniørenes Hus, and a construction committee member during the

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in Kristiania. Scott-Hansen was admitted into the exclusive skiing club

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in 1893. He served as deputy chairman from 1912 to 1916, and chairman from 1917 to 1928. He was decorated as a Knight, Second Class of the

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. He died in September 1936.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott-Hansen, Alf 1870 births 1936 deaths People from Leith Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian expatriates in Germany TU Dresden alumni Norwegian engineers Directors of government agencies of Norway SK Ull members