Carl Otto Løvenskiold (born 18 October 1953) is a Norwegian landowner and businessperson. By birth, he is a member of Løvenskiold noble family.

Personal life

He is a son of

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 ...

and Ingegjerd Løvenskiold, grandson of

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

, great-great-grandson of Prime Minister

, great-great-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 ...

and great-great-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, ...

. He is the oldest of four siblings. He resides at Bærums Verk Manor, is married to Lise and has two children.

Career

He graduated as an economist from the

Seattle University Seattle University (Seattle U or SU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and grad ...

in 1978, and also took an MBA degree in France and leadership education at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

. He worked in

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before being hired in the family corporation Løvenskiold-Vækerø in 1982. He advanced through the ranks to become chief executive of the industry and commercial branch of the company in 1993. At his father's passing in 1994 he became sole owner of the entire corporation. The estates owned by the corporation span large parts of

Bærums Verk Bærums Verk is a village in Bærum in Akershus, Norway, with a population of about 8000. It is located on both sides of the river Lomma. History Iron ore was found in the areas now known as Kirkerud and Eineåsen in Bærum in 1603 and 1604, an ...

, Bærumsmarka and

Nordmarka Nordmarka is the mostly forested region which makes up the northern part of Oslo, Norway. Nordmarka is the largest and most central part of Oslomarka. The area called Nordmarka also extends into the municipalities of Hole, Ringerike, Lunner, ...

. From 2003 to 2011 he was also the president of the Federation of Norwegian Enterprises.

References

1953 births Living people Seattle University alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian businesspeople Carl Otto {{Norway-business-bio-stub