Carl Axel Løvenskiold (13 January 1912 – 28 September 1980) was a Norwegian landowner and painter.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of landowner Carl Løvenskiold (1874–1949) and Elise Bruun (1879–1950). He was a grandson of Lord Chamberlain

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, great-grandson of Otto Joachim Løvenskiold, great-great-grandson of

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, grandnephew of Prime Minister

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and a second cousin of

. In 1940 he married Lucie

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(born 1917 in

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, died 2006), daughter of Nicolay Nissen Paus (1885–1968; co-owner and CEO of Paus & Paus) and Else Margrethe Paus, née Paus (born 1885). Although distantly related, Nicolay Nissen Paus and Else Paus belonged to branches of the Paus family that parted in the 17th century. Else Paus, a daughter of businessman Ole Paus (1846–1931), belonged to the Skien branch, part of the Skien patriciate and related to

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. Axel and Lucie had two children, son Carl-Axel (1942-1991) and daughter Ingeborg Elise (1944-). Carl-Axel took over Ask Manor and married Anne Cathrine Mustad. Their children are Kristina Nathalia Løvenskiold (born 1974), Carl Axel Løvenskiold (born 1978), who owns Overud Manor, and Fredrik Clarin Løvenskiold (born 1978). Ingeborg Elise married Sven A. Solberg, a grandson of Peter Collett Solberg.

Career

He finished Oslo Commerce School in 1930, then agricultural school in 1933 and agricultural education in

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from 1934 to 1935. He had his income as co-owner of Ullern Manor and owner of Ask Manor in

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. He chaired

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Conservative Party from 1946 to 1952, was a board member of

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from 1956 to 1960 and was a supervisory council member of the conservative newspaper ''

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'' since 1960. He was a board member of

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from 1961 to 1971, ''Skogbruksforeningen av 1950'' from 1962 to 1968, Forsikringsselskapet Skogbrand from 1967 (previously deputy chair of the supervisory council). He was an active painter who had his debut exhibit at the Autumn Exhibition in 1952. He issued the books ''Ullern Gårds historie'' in 1959, ''Landmannsliv'' in 1962, ''Thorvald Meyer'' in 1968. He also edited a book about the skiing club SK Fram, where he was also a member since 1961. He died in 1980.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lovenskiold, Axel 1912 births 1980 deaths Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople 20th-century Norwegian painters Norwegian male painters Buskerud politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Axel SK Fram members 20th-century Norwegian male artists