Tharald Brøvig Jr. (21 May 1942 – 24 September 2017) was a Norwegian ship-owner and investor.
Early and personal life
He was born in
Farsund
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...
,
the only child
of
Gunnar Christian Brøvig (1907–1944) and Ragnhild Mørch. He was a grandson of
Tharald Brøvig Sr.,
[ and a nephew of Harald Nikolai Brøvig and Olav Selvaag.][ Tharald Brøvig's uncles took over the company.][
]
Career
He finished his secondary education in 1961, entered the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
The Norwegian School of Economics () or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is the leading teaching and research institution in Norway for the fields of management and ...
and graduated with an MBA degree from Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...
in 1966. He worked as a finance analyst for Capital Research Company in the US and Switzerland, and ventured into investments. In 1972 he was involved in the family company Th. Brøvig, mainly with capital investment. He also became a board member of several companies where he had invested.[
Investments in companies such as ]Tandberg
Tandberg was an electronics manufacturer located in Oslo, Norway (production, sales and distribution) and New York City, United States (sales and distribution). The company began in the radio field, but became more widely known for their ree ...
, Hafslund Nycomed
Hafslund Nycomed is a defunct company that existed between 1986 and 1996 after the power and industry company Hafslund had bought the pharmaceutical company Nycomed. The company was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. In 1996 it was demerged and ...
and particularly Norsk Data
Norsk Data was a minicomputer manufacturer located in Oslo, Norway. Existing from 1967 to 1998, it had its most active period from the early 1970s to the late 1980s. At the company's peak in 1987, it was the second largest company in Norway and em ...
(which became defunct in 1992) "rescued the family shipping company through a substantial crisis in the 1980s". Brøvig was a board member of Norsk Data throughout the company's existence.Hafslund
Hafslund is a borough located east of the city centre in the city of Sarpsborg, Norway,
Before 1992, Hafslund was a part of Skjeberg municipality. The name Hafslund derives from ''Hafr'', the Old Norse name for husband, and ''lundr'', meaning gr ...
bought Nycomed in the 1980s, and Brøvig was behind this as a board member of Hafslund. In 1992, the family shipping company was again saved, this time with the selling of Hafslund Nycomed shares. In Tandberg, Brøvig was chairman from 1985 to 1997, then in Tandberg Television.[
Brøvig was also a board member of World Wildlife Fund in Norway from 1988 to 1996 (chair since 1994) and the ]Norwegian Shipowners' Association
The Norwegian Shipowners Association () is an employers' organization and interest group for Norwegian shipping and offshore companies. The organization's primary fields are national and international industry policies, employer issues, competen ...
from 1990 to 1998 (vice president since 1996).[
Brøvig moved from Switzerland to Norway in 1983. In January 1986 he married Inger Sande.][
]
References
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1942 births
2017 deaths
People from Farsund
Norwegian businesspeople in shipping
Norwegian expatriates in the United States
Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland
Norsk Data people
Harvard Business School alumni
Norwegian School of Economics alumni