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Harald Throne-Holst (7 December 1905 – 8 December 1986) was a Norwegian industrial leader and a chemical engineer. He was managing director and later chairman of the Freia chocolate factory, and served as President of the Federation of Norwegian Industries and as chairman of Foreningen Norden.


Career

Throne-Holst was born in
Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
to factory owner
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and Hanna Richter Jenssen, and was a brother of
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. He was managing director of the Freia chocolate factory from 1948 to 1970, and eventually chairman of the board of the company. He chaired Foreningen Norden from 1964 to 1969, and served as president of the Federation of Norwegian Industries from 1969 to 1971. He was decorated Knight of the
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in 1966, and was a Commander of the Finnish
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. He perished in a fire in 1986.


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1905 births 1986 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo Norwegian industrialists {{Norway-business-bio-stub