Harald Sommerfeldt (20 October 1886 – 1966) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in

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as a son of customs treasurer Thorolf Sommerfeldt (1849–1909) and Thrine Karine Sommerfelt (1856–1900). In 1912 he married Sigrid Grøner, a daughter of district stipendiary magistrate J. C. Grøner. He

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his secondary education in 1905, and graduated in engineering from Kristiania Technical School in 1909. He was an engineer at Kværner Brug from 1909 to 1912, then in the insurance company Forsikringsaktieselskapet Norden. He was promoted to assisting director in 1932 and chief executive officer in 1934. He retired in 1958. He also chaired the

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from 1941 to 1952 and ''Den norske Brandtarifforening'' from 1936 to 1957. He chaired the supervisory council of De-No-Fa, Lilleborg Fabrikker and

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and was deputy chair in the supervisory council of

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. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

, Knight of the

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, Commander of the Order of Vasa and the

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. He died in 1966.

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1886 births 1966 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian engineers Norwegian businesspeople in insurance Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Commanders of the Order of Vasa Commanders of the Order of the Lion of Finland {{Norway-business-bio-stub