Trygve Stangeland (13 November 1934 – 18 June 2011) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in

Sola Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålandsm ...

, and founded the construction company Stangeland Gruppen in 1959. The company had a turnover of in 2008, and Stangeland himself has a fortune of NOK 402 million, about . He resided in Tjelta. His son Olav Stangeland is the director of Stangeland Gruppen's daughter company, T. Stangeland Maskin. On 17 June 2011 he was involved in a bicycle accident near the airport hotel at

Stavanger Airport, Sola Stavanger Airport ( no, Stavanger lufthavn; ), commonly just known as Sola, is an international airport located in Rogaland county, Norway. The airport is located southwest of the centre of the city of Stavanger inside the neighboring munici ...

, and sustained a severe head trauma. The injury claimed his life; he died on

Stavanger University Hospital Stavanger University Hospital (Norwegian: ''Stavanger Universitetssjukehus'', SUS) is located in the neighborhood of Våland in Stavanger, Norway. Stavanger University Hospital is one of Norway's largest hospitals with more than 7500 employees. T ...

in the afternoon the next day.

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1934 births 2011 deaths People from Sola, Norway Norwegian company founders Road incident deaths in Norway {{Norway-business-bio-stub