Eilif Hvide Bang (15 April 1892 – 28 January 1953) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in

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as a son of consul-general Thomas Cathinco Bang (1863—1929) and Louise Bielke. In 1923 he married Edda Louise Albertovna Schoeneckerl from

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. He

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his secondary education in 1910, took business education in

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and

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, Germany from 1910 to 1912 and worked in Germany, England, France and Sweden from 1912 to 1916. He was hired as office manager at

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in 1916, and was promoted to manager in 1927 and chief executive officer in 1929. He served as president of the

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from 1947 to 1950. He also chaired the French-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce from 1937, was a board member of , deputy board member of the

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and supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norge, the

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(deputy) and Oslo

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. He was also a council member of '' Studieselskapet for Norsk Industri'' and '' Bygg ditt Land''. He was decorated as a Chevalier of the

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. He died suddenly in January 1953. Marshals at his funeral were Gunnar Holst and Johannes Westergaard.

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1892 births 1953 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian expatriates in France Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Knights of the Legion of Honour Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo {{norway-business-bio-stub