Harald Sundt (16 March 1873 – 9 September 1952) was a Norwegian businessperson.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of wholesaler Oluf Christian Carl Sundt (1834–1891) and his wife Lydia Jeanette Dahl (1843–1891). He was a paternal grandson of Peter Albrecht Sundt (1796–1847), and thus a grandnephew of

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, first cousin once removed of writer Karen Sundt and publisher

Einar Sundt Einar Sundt (16 October 1854 – 20 September 1917) was a Norwegian businessman, writer and publisher. He was born in Christiania to Eilert Sundt and Nicoline Conradine Hansen, and was a cousin of Johan Lauritz Sundt and Karen Sundt. He f ...

, nephew of industrialist Lauritz Sundt and first cousin of

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and Vigleik Sundt. In 1900 he married landowner's daughter Thea Ingier.

Career

After finishing Kristiania Commerce School, Sundt started a business career. He was a partner in N. S. Beer & Co. for some years. He was a board member of Greaker Cellulosefabrik, M. & H. Ingier, Oslo Smørfabrik, Aug. Pellerin Fils & Co.,

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, Den norske Naglefabrik, and Det norske Myrselskap. He chaired the supervisory council of De Forenede Nagle- og Skruefabriker and was a supervisory council member of

Forsikringsselskapet Norden Forsikringsselskapet Norden was a general insurance company based in Norway. It was founded as ''Brandforsikringsselskabet Norden'' on 4 April 1867, and began operating on 2 September the same year. Its first offices were located in ''Karl Johans ...

Elektrisk Bureau Elektrisk Bureau or EB was a Norwegian manufacturer of telecommunication equipment. It was founded in 1882 and lasted until 1993 when it became part of Asea Brown Boveri (ABB). The company was located at Billingstad in Asker. History In 1882 ...

and

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. From 1917 he lived at ''Gamle Madserud allé 37'', in a mansion designed by

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and still known as "Sundtvillaen". In 1908 he established the architectural award ''Sundts premie for fremragende arkitektur''. In 1930 he became an honorary member of Oslo Architects' Association. He also chaired

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. He died in September 1952 and was buried at

Vår Frelsers gravlund The Cemetery of Our Saviour ( no, Vår Frelsers gravlund) is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It is located adjacent to the older Old Aker Cemetery and was created in 1808 as a result of the great ...

References

1873 births 1952 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-business-bio-stub