Johan Franciscus Schønheyder (25 August 1879 – 4 December 1968) was a Norwegian ships engineer.

Personal life

Schønheyder was born in Christiania to stipendiary magistrate Didrik Christian Sommerschild Schønheyder and Marie Katinka Maurer. He married Anna Kristine Schjold in 1914. He was the father of

Johan Chr. Schønheyder Johan Chr. Schønheyder (12 February 1915 – 14 March 2015) was a Norwegian insurance manager, orienteer and sports official. Personal life Schønheyder was born in Kristiania to engineer Johan Franciscus Schønheyder and Anna Kristine ...

Career

Schønheyder studied engineering in Kristiania and

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. He worked as ships engineer in

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and

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

, and was assigned at the Ministry of Trade from 1918 to 1949. From 1949 to 1953 he worked for

Nortraship The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship) was established in London in April 1940 to administer the Norwegian merchant fleet outside German-controlled areas. Nortraship operated some 1,000 vessels and was the largest shipping company ...

. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Swedish Order of Vasa.

References

1879 births 1968 deaths Engineers from Oslo Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian expatriates in Scotland Nortraship people Knights of the Order of Vasa {{Norway-engineer-stub