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 Sem (1833–1923). He was a brother of

Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou (1858 – 6 June 1911) was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was as a son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883), brother of Christian Emil Stoud Platou and ...

and

Christian Emil Stoud Platou Christian Emil Stoud Platou (18 April 1861 – 28 July 1923) was a Norwegian railroad director and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Hamar as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883) and Eli ...

, grandnephew of

Ludvig Stoud Platou Ludvig Stoud Platou (28 March 1778 – 30 November 1833) was a Danish-Norwegian educator, historical and geographical writer, politician and State Secretary. Personal life He was born in Slagelse, Denmark as a son of curate Friderich Christian P ...

, uncle of

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, Ragnar and

Frithjof Stoud Platou Frithjof Stoud Platou (21 August 1903 – 12 August 1980) was a Norwegian architect. He worked for the international architects Lars Backer and Erich Mendelsohn before he established his own architectural firm in Oslo. Among his most famous works ...

and granduncle of Lars T. Platou. He was also a second cousin of Oscar,

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and

Valborg Platou Valborg Platou (29 August 1839 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian librarian, writer and art critic. She was the first Norwegian female to become the chief librarian, a position that she held for 27 years at the Bergen Public Library. Biograp ...

. Platou married three times. In January 1891 in Kristiania he married Hilda Oppegaard (1859–1954), but the marriage was dissolved in 1908. In March 1910 in Bergen he married actor Dina Nordvik (1884–1921). After her death he married French citizen Alexandra Henriette Maud de Ciccolini in April 1926 in Nice.

Career

He took commerce school in his hometown Hamar, and at the age of 16 he became a brewer's apprentice at Christiania Bryggeri in Norway's capital. After studies in Germany and Bohemia, he took the brewer's examination in Worms in 1888. He returned to Norway, and was hired as brewery manager of Christiania Bryggeri in 1889. On 1 November 1891 he became manager of the newly established Bergen brewery

Hansa Bryggeri Hansa Bryggeri (Hansa Brewery) is the local brewery of Bergen, Norway. It was established in 1891 by Waldemar Stoud Platou when he acquired the minor local brewery Det Sembske Bryggeri. The name "Hansa" is meant to reflect Bergen's history as o ...

. He was behind the founding of the brewery, when he bought Det Sembske Bryggeri and asked in Bergen's local press for further investments. He advanced from manager to chief executive officer of Hansa in 1898. He was later the chief executive officer of Frydenlunds Bryggeri from 1916 to 1924, and then chairman of Frydenlunds until his death. He co-founded the interest organization ''Norsk Bryggeriforening'' for non-Christiania breweries in 1894, and after it merged with the ''Christiania Bryggeriers Forening'' to form ''Den norske Bryggeriforening'', Platou took part here too as a board member. He also sat on the supervisory council of Vinmonopolet. Platou was also involved in the Norwegian Trekking Association, and was in 1914 the first chairman of

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. In 1926 he chaired ''Foreningen for Reiselivet i Norge''. He was a member of Bergen city council from 1905 to 1907 and

Aker Aker may refer to: Places * Aker, Norway, a geographic area in Oslo and a former municipality in Norway * Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Aker Br ...

municipal council from 1918 to 1920, for the

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. His brother was a parliamentarian for the same party. Platou was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1910. A bust of him was raised at Fløibanen's terminus station ''Vetrlidsalmenning''. In 1927 he retreated to a farm he had bought in

Stange is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebye ...

, where he died in July 1930.

References

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