Trygve Kornelius Fjetland (6 March 1926 – 28 October 2013) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Jelsa, took his secondary education at Rogaland Country Secondary School and graduated with the siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics in 1953. In 1962 he founded the electronics retailer Elektrokjøp, later

Elkjøp Elkjøp, better known as Elgiganten outside Norway, is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the Nordic Countries with four hundred stores in six countries and 10,000 employees. Elkjøp was founded by Trygve Fjetland on 16 March 1962. It ...

. He retired as chief executive officer in 1986, but continued in the company board. He resided at Storo in Oslo. In December 2012 he was awarded the King's Medal of Merit. He was also a founder and honorary member of

Maridalen Maridalen is a valley situated just north of Oslo, Norway, just above the suburb of Kjelsås. Considering that Maridalen is within the Oslo city limits, Maridalen has a very low population density. The valley consists of forests, lakes and agricu ...

Rotary. He died in October 2013.

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