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Nils Astrup Hoel
Nils Astrup Hoel (3 February 1899 – 30 January 1986) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Bergen as a son of Ole Andor Hoel (1867–1941) and Ingeborg Astrup (1864–1950). In 1931 he married Astrid Johanna Arnesen. He finished his secondary education in 1916, took the basic officer's course at the Norwegian Military Academy in 1917 before graduating from the Royal Frederick University with a cand.oecon. degree in 1920. He also attended Bergen Handelsgymnasium for one year, worked in Centralbanken for Norge and Freia Chocolade Fabrik between 1921 and 1924 before taking the cand.jur. degree in 1926. From 1927 to 1928 he worked as a secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He was hired in Hafslund as a board secretary in 1928, was promoted to manager in 1933 (also manager of Glommens Træsliberi and Vamma Fossekompagnie) and chief executive officer from 1936 to 1965. During Astrup Hoel's time in Hafslund, the employment rose from about 500 to 750, the delivery of kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen
Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the "city of seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Olav Kyrre and was named Bjørgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hansea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrik Stang Heffermehl
Fredrik Stang Heffermehl (22 March 1913 – 27 February 1993) was a Norwegian jurist and businessperson. He was born in Kristiania as a son of consul Fredrik Stang Heffermehl, Sr. (1870–1937) and Ida Henriksen (1876–1955). He finished his secondary education in 1930, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1935. He started working as a jurist, and also studied abroad on a scholarship in 1939. He was married twice; first from 1937 to Elisabeth Thorne Nielsen (1914–1943). After she died, Heffermehl married Karin Louise Moestue in 1914. He was hired in the Hafslund corporation in 1937 as a judicial secretary. This meant that he worked for both Hafslund, Glommens Træsliberi and Vamma Fossekompani. In 1946 he was promoted to assisting director in the Hafslund corporation. He was promoted further to mercantile director in 1953, vice chief executive in 1961 and chief executive in 1966. He remained chief executive until 1979, and was then a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Businesspeople From Bergen
A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for the purpose of generating cash flow, sales, and revenue by using a combination of human, financial, intellectual, and physical capital with a view to fueling economic development and growth. History Prehistoric period: Traders Since a "businessman" can mean anyone in industry or commerce, businesspeople have existed as long as industry and commerce have existed. "Commerce" can simply mean "trade", and trade has existed through all of recorded history. The first businesspeople in human history were traders or merchants. Medieval period: Rise of the merchant class Merchants emerged as a "class" in medieval Italy (compare, for example, the Vaishya, the traditional merchant caste in Indian society). Between 1300 and 1500, modern acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Deaths
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. *January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. *January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. *January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. *January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. *January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date to avoid a coincidence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of St
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of different ways * Hierarchy, an arrangement of items that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another * an action or inaction that must be obeyed, mandated by someone in authority People * Orders (surname) Arts, entertainment, and media * Order (album), ''Order'' (album), a 2009 album by Maroon * "Order", a 2016 song from ''Brand New Maid'' by Band-Maid * Orders (1974 film), ''Orders'' (1974 film), a 1974 film by Michel Brault * ''Orders'', a 2010 film by Brian Christopher * ''Orders'', a 2017 film by Eric Marsh and Andrew Stasiulis * ''Jed & Order'', a 2022 film by Jedman Business * Blanket order, purchase order to allow multiple delivery dates over a period of time * Money order or postal order, a fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norges Eksportråd
The Norwegian Export Council ( no, Norges Eksportråd) was a Norwegian state-owned consultant organ established in 1945. Its role was to provide consultancy and advice for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in export-related matters. Until 1994 the council was financed by a levy on exports, but from 1996 it was a foundation co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. It was superseded by Innovation Norway on 1 January 2004. Directors *1946–1948 Bjarne Børde *1948–1951 Thor Brodtkorb *1951–1952 Bjarne Børde *1953–1955 Nils Anton Jørgensen *1955–1971 Otto Christian Malterud *1971–1979 Gunnar Rogstad *1979–1982 Einar Magnussen Einar Magnussen (5 June 1931 – 27 March 2004) was a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Ålesund. In 1973, in the second cabinet Bratteli, Aune was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Sh ... *1983–1988 Arne Langeland *1988–1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftenposten Aften
( in the masthead; ; Norwegian for "The Evening Post") is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. ''Aftenposten''s online edition is at Aftenposten.no. It is considered a newspaper of record for Norway. ''Aftenposten'' is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, ''VG'', is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. The paper has around 740 employees. Trine Eilertsen was appointed editor-in-chief in 2020. History and profile ''Aftenposten'' was founded by Christian Schibsted on 14 May 1860 under the name ''Christiania Adresseblad''. The following year, it was renamed ''Aftenposten''. Since 1885, the paper has printed two daily editions. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smurfit Kappa Norpapp , global paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Smurfit may refer to: * Alan Smurfit (born 1943), Irish retiree who won a World Series of Poker bracelet *Michael Smurfit, KBE, LL.D (honorary), (born 1936), businessman holding dual Irish and British citizenship * Tony Smurfit (born 1963), British-born Irish businessman *Victoria Smurfit (born 1974), Irish actress See also *Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business in Dublin, Republic of Ireland *Smurfit Kappa, European corrugated packaging company *Smurfit-Stone Building, 41 story, 582 foot (177 m) skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA *Smurfit-Stone Container Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation was a global paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Creve Coeur, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois, with approximately 21,000 employees. In 2007, Smurfit-Stone was ranked 13 in PricewaterhouseC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norsk Sprængstofindustri
Norsk Sprængstofindustri A/S () was a Norwegian explosives manufacturer and one of Norway's largest industrial companies. The company traced its roots to 1865 and was established by the merger of other companies in 1917. It produced dynamite, TNT and other explosives used for mining, industrial and military applications. The company merged with explosives manufacturer Grubernes Sprængstoffabriker and became Dyno Industrier in 1971, and later became Dyno Nobel Dyno Nobel is a manufacturer of explosives. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Limited operating in Australia, Canada, the United States, Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, South America, Papua New Guinea and Turkey. They provide the ex .... Industrimuseum References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiania Bank Og Kreditkasse
Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, branded domestically as Kreditkassen or K-Bank and internationally as Christiania Bank was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1848 and 2000 when it merged with MeritaNordbanken and became Nordea. The bank had its headquarters in Oslo and was Norway's second largest bank at the time of the merger. Christiania Bank had branch offices in London, New York, and Singapore. History The bank was founded in Oslo (then called Christiania) in 1848 as Christiania Kreditkasse, though changed its name to Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse in 1862. In 1858, the bank moved out of its temporary location at the home of the bank manager, Fritz Henrich Frölich, and to permanent locations. It opened branches in 1897, under the directorship of Peter Harboe Castberg The bank expanded out of Oslo in 1957 when it bought Elverum Kreditbank and Hamar Privatbank, and in 1959 with the acquisition of Agder Bank. By 1965, the bank had 18 offices outside Oslo. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
