Ragnar Stoud Platou (8 April 1897 – 1 April 1979) was a

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ship broker.

Personal life

Platou was born to the banker Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou (1858–1911) and his wife Ingeborg Sophie Falck (1864–1958). His younger brother was the architect Frithjof Stoud Platou. He was also nephew of Christian Emil Stoud Platou and

Waldemar Stoud Platou Waldemar Stoud Platou (11 August 1868 – 13 July 1930) was a Norwegian businessperson. He had a long career in the brewery industry. Personal life He was born in Furnes as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883) and Elise ...

, and cousin of Karen Platou. He married Anna Margareta von Friesen Parelius (1892–1970) on 11 October 1919, but divorced with her in 1939. On 5 April the same year, Platou married Anette Beate Wackenitz Horn (1908–94).

Career

Platou was born in

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, but studied at Otto Treider's private school in

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from 1914 to 1915. He was thereafter employed in a

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company named Conrad Boe Ltd. In June 1932, the organisation Tankskibscentralen was established, which was headed by Platou. However, the organisation gained little support, and was disestablished in the end of 1933. On 1 February 1936, Platou started his own shipbroking company, R. S. Platou. The company gained surplus in the first years, and had a staff of 20 people. In 1957, the staff comprised 40 people. In 1963, a research department was established, which some years later was separated into a subsidiary with the name A/S Shipping Consultants. In 1972, Platou decided to establish a new research department in the company. Platou was interested in

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, and headed several golf clubs in Norway. Platou was decorated as a Commander of the

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in 1975. He was also decorated as a Commander of the Swedish

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, as a Knight of the Danish Dannebrog Order and as an officer of the Dutch

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. He died on 1 April 1979.

References

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