Carl Otto Løvenskiold (27 August 1898 – 22 August 1969) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson.

Personal life

He was born in Aker as a son of nobleman and landowner Harald Løvenskiold (1868–1934) and Dorothea Christine Blom. He was a grandson of Prime Minister

Carl Otto Løvenskiold Carl Otto Løvenskiold (23 December 1839 – 1 October 1916) was a Norwegian naval officer, business executive and landowner. He served as the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm during 1884. By birth, he is a member of Løvenskiold noble fa ...

, great-grandson of

Otto Joachim Løvenskiold Otto Joachim Løvenskiold (14 May 1811 – 4 August 1882) was a Norwegian judge and politician. He served three terms in the Parliament of Norway, and served as Mayor of Kristiania from 1869 and 1876. He was a Supreme Court Justice from 1854 to ...

, great-great-grandson of

Severin Løvenskiold Severin Løvenskiold (7 February 1777 – 15 September 1856) was a Norwegian nobleman, politician and the prime minister of Norway. Family Severin Løvenskiold, the younger, was born in Porsgrunn in Telemark, Norway to Severin Løvenskiold, ...

and second cousin of

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. In 1922 he married Henriette "Henny" Adelaide Størmer, a daughter of

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. They had the son

Harald Løvenskiold Harald Løvenskiold (9 February 1926 – 28 January 1994) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson. Personal life He was born in Aker, Norway, Aker as a son of landowner Carl Otto Løvenskiold (1898–1969), Carl Otto Løvenskiold, member of L ...

who married Ingegjerd Andvord and had the son

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1917. He then attended Treider School, studied forestry at

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and in Nancy, and also took conscript officer training. He reached the rank of Premier Lieutenant in 1927 and Captain in 1931. He was a forestry manager for Hakedals Verk from 1921, then property administrator for his father from 1928. He became a partner in the family corporation Løvenskiold-Vækerø in 1933, was sole owner from 1935 to 1947, and then co-owner together with his son until 1962. He was also chief executive of

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. He chaired the Oslo–Lommedalen bus route, was a board member of

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, National Papemballageindustri, Dalen Cementvarefabrik and was a supervisory council member of

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, Andresens Bank,

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, the

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, Søndenfjeldske Norske Dampskibsselskab and SS ''Garonne''. He was a deputy board member of

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. He also chaired Vestre Bærum Conservative Party from 1930 to 1934. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram since 1939. He was decorated with the

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and as a Knight, First Class of the

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. He died in August 1969.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lovenskiold, Carl Otto 1898 births 1969 deaths Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian expatriates in France 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian landowners Norwegian Army personnel Bærum politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Carl Otto SK Fram members Knights First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog 20th-century landowners