Carl Otto Løvenskiold (27 August 1898 – 22 August 1969) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of nobleman and landowner Harald Løvenskiold (1868–1934) and Dorothea Christine Blom. He was a grandson of Prime Minister Carl Otto Løvenskiold, great-grandson of

Otto Joachim Løvenskiold Otto Joachim Løvenskiold (14 May 1811 – 4 August 1882) was a Norwegian judge and politician. He served three terms in the Parliament of Norway, and served as Mayor of Kristiania from 1869 and 1876. He was a Supreme Court Justice from 1854 to ...

, great-great-grandson of Severin Løvenskiold and second cousin of Carl Axel Løvenskiold. In 1922 he married Henriette "Henny" Adelaide Størmer, a daughter of Carl Størmer. They had the son

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who married Ingegjerd Andvord and had the son Carl Otto Løvenskiold.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1917. He then attended Treider School, studied forestry at Yale University and in Nancy, and also took conscript officer training. He reached the rank of Premier Lieutenant in 1927 and Captain in 1931. He was a forestry manager for Hakedals Verk from 1921, then property administrator for his father from 1928. He became a partner in the family corporation Løvenskiold-Vækerø in 1933, was sole owner from 1935 to 1947, and then co-owner together with his son until 1962. He was also chief executive of Bærums Verk. He chaired the Oslo–Lommedalen bus route, was a board member of

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, National Papemballageindustri, Dalen Cementvarefabrik and was a supervisory council member of

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, Gjensidige, Forsikringsselskapet Norden, Andresens Bank, Akers Sparebank, the Norwegian America Line, Søndenfjeldske Norske Dampskibsselskab and SS ''Garonne''. He was a deputy board member of

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. He also chaired Vestre Bærum Conservative Party from 1930 to 1934. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram since 1939. He was decorated with the Defence Medal 1940–1945 and as a Knight, First Class of the

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. He died in August 1969.

References

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