Harald Løvenskiold (9 February 1926 – 28 January 1994) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of landowner

Carl Otto Løvenskiold Carl Otto Løvenskiold (23 December 1839 – 1 October 1916) was a Norwegian naval officer, business executive and landowner. He served as the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm during 1884. By birth, he is a member of Løvenskiold family, L ...

, member of

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and Henny Størmer. Harald was a maternal grandson of

Carl Størmer Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer (3 September 1874 – 13 August 1957) was a Norwegian mathematician and astrophysicist. In mathematics, he is known for his work in number theory, including the calculation of and Størmer's theorem on consecu ...

paternal grandson of Harald Løvenskiold, great-grandson of Prime Minister

, great-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 ...

and great-great-great-grandson of

Severin Løvenskiold Severin Løvenskiold (7 February 1777 – 15 September 1856) was a Norwegian nobleman, politician and the prime minister of Norway. Family Severin Løvenskiold, the younger, was born in Porsgrunn in Telemark, Norway to Severin Løvenskiold, t ...

. He married Ingegjerd Ebba Dagmar Andvord, a daughter of ambassador Rolf Andvord. They had the son

Career

Harald Løvenskiold finished his secondary education in 1944, and subsequently graduated from Brown University in 1949, however prior to his graduation from college, he took commerce school and forestry school. Aside all that, he also held the Lieutenant degree. In 1947 he became partner in the family corporation Løvenskiold-Vækerø. From 1951 he also led the iron works

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. In 1962 he became sole owner of 1962. Decades later in particular 1993, he passed control of the industrial and commercial activities in Løvenskiold-Vækerø to his son who consequently took over as sole owner when Harald died in 1994. In addition, he chaired Casco Norsk, Tomten, Norske Dører, Bærums Verk and Bærums Jernoplag. He was a board member of

Federation of Norwegian Industries The Federation of Norwegian Industries ( no, Norsk Industri) is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. It was established on 1 January 2006 as a merger of the Federation of Norwe ...

, Skogbrukets Landsforening, ''Cellulosefabrikkenes Felleskontor'', Scankraft,

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and '' Billedbladet Nå''. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram since 1971.

References

1926 births 1994 deaths Norwegian expatriates in the United States 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople

Harald Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrada ...

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