Gunnar Schjelderup (5 April 1895 – 6 March 1972) was a Norwegian businessperson.

Personal life

He was born in Christiania, and was the brother of judge Ferdinand Schjelderup. He was a son of

Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup (7 October 1859 – 27 September 1931) was a Norwegian businessperson. Personal life He was born in Christiania as the son of Thorleif Schjelderup and Fredrikke Marie Caspary.Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne (11 November 1851 – 24 April 1930) was a Norway, Norwegian jurist, Professor of Jurisprudence at The Royal Frederick University from 1887, and the university's rector 1912–1918. Personal life He was bo ...

and uncle of ski jumper

Thorleif Schjelderup Thorleif Schjelderup (20 January 1920 – 28 May 2006) was a Norwegian ski jumper, author and environmentalist. He was born to Ferdinand Schjelderup and Marie Leigh Vogt.Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

. In 1926 he took over as CEO of iron- and steelware factory

Christiania Spigerverk Christiania Spigerverk is a steel company which was founded in Oslo in 1853 and developed into one of the largest industrial companies in Norway. In 1972 Christiania Spigerverk combined with Elkem, to become Elkem Spigerverket. It was sold to ...

, where his father had been co-owner. He retired in 1961. He had also invested heavily in Bremanger Smelteverk in Svelgen.Gunnar Schjelderup
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia In April 1940, following the

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and the

Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally list of heads of government of Norway, headed the government of Norway during t ...

coup d'etat, Gunnar Schjelderup and others contacted the Supreme Court to establish a civil administrative council, ''

Administrasjonsrådet The Administrative Council ( no, Administrasjonsrådet) was a council established by the Supreme Court to govern Norway. The council of seven people was established on 15 April 1940, replacing Quisling's First Cabinet, and was led by Ingolf Elste ...

'', to normalize working life as soon as possible. The council was established a few days after the invasion.

References

1895 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Businesspeople from Oslo {{Norway-business-bio-stub