Anton Barth von der Lippe (8 October 1886 – 1960) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

whaler. He was born in

Tjøme Tjøme () is an island in Færder, and a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Tjøme. The parish of ''Tjømø'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see f ...

as a son of

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Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe (1838–1915) and his third wife. His father's second wife had the son Jakob von der Lippe, who was Anton's half-brother. Anton was also a grandson of bishop

Jacob von der Lippe Jacob von der Lippe (27 September 1797–2 October 1878) was a Norwegian politician and priest who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Agder og Telemark, Diocese of Christianssand from 1841 to 1875. He was also a member of the Parliament of ...

, nephew of

Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe Conrad Fredrik "Fritz" von der Lippe (8 October 1833 – 1901) was a Norwegian architect. He was born at Christianssand (now Kristiansand) in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was a son of bishop Jacob von der Lippe, a grandfather of the three brother ...

and first cousin once removed of

Frits von der Lippe Frits von der Lippe (1 June 1901 – 5 September 1988) was a Norwegian journalist and theater critic. He served as Director of Riksteatret in Oslo from 1949–1968. Biography Von der Lippe was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were Ja ...

Just Lippe Just Lippe (13 January 1904 – 24 March 1978) was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Communist Party. He was born in Bergen as a son of Jakob von der Lippe (1870–1954). He was related to von der Lippes (as follows): brothers Frits ...

and

Jens von der Lippe Jens von der Lippe (13 October 1911 – 17 June 1990) was a Norwegian ceramist, non-fiction writer and educator. He was born in Christiania, and was a brother of Frits von der Lippe and Just Lippe. He ran a ceramics workshop in Oslo in cooperati ...

. He established his own shipping company in 1915, and was particularly engaged in

whaling Whaling is the process of hunting of whales for their usable products such as meat and blubber, which can be turned into a type of oil that became increasingly important in the Industrial Revolution. It was practiced as an organized industry ...

. Between 1919 and 1945 he cooperated closely with Svend Foyn Bruun. Lippe, Bruun and

Anders Jahre Anders August Jahre (28 May 1891 – 26 February 1982) was a Norwegian shipping magnate. Jahre was educated in law, and worked as a lawyer in Sandefjord from 1916 until 1928. Meanwhile, he was also involved in the whaling industry, and he founded ...

together founded the three whaling companies Antarctic, Globus and Kosmos in 1928. He died in 1960.

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