Niels Roth Heyerdahl Werring (4 August 1897 – 19 August 1990) was a Norwegian ship-owner. He was the senior director the shipping company Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA. Fornebu munkebakken rk 117245 IMG 0232

Werring was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of Edvard Werring (1857-1949) and Gina Mathea Heyerdahl (1872-1948). His family operated a company dealing in

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. After graduating from the

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(''Oslo Handelsgymnasium'') in 1916, he stayed for a few years in the

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and

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, as a representative of the family business. In 1926, he was married to Else Heyerdahl Wilhelmsen (1905–1989), daughter of

Halfdan Wilhelmsen Halfdan Wilhelmsen (March 11, 1864 – November 18, 1923) was a Norwegians, Norwegian shipowner and consul. Wilhelmsen was born in Tønsberg, the son of the shipowner Wilhelm Wilhelmsen (1839–1910), Wilhelm Wilhelmsen and his wife Catharina Fr ...

(1864–1923) and granddaughter of Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, founder of one of the country's largest shipping company. They were the parents of three children. From 1930 to 1990, family members resided at the Munkebakken estate on

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. Werring became a co-owner in the company

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA (WWH) is a Norwegian multinational maritime industry, maritime group, headquartered in Lysaker, Norway. The group employs more than 21,000 people and has operations in 75 nations. The Wilhelmsen group operates the la ...

in 1930, a senior partner in 1955 and senior director from 1958 to 1973. He also sat in the board of a number of Norwegian shipping, industrial and trading companies, including the central government of the

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(1945-47). Additionally he was a member of the Steering Committee of the

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(''Bilderberg-gruppen'').

References

1897 births 1990 deaths People from Kristiansund Norwegian business executives Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group {{shipping-bio-stub