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Odd Gleditsch Jr.
Odd Gleditsch Jr. (16 May 1929 – 25 December 2023) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Sandefjord as a son of Odd Gleditsch Sr. He was a second cousin once removed of Rolf Juell Gleditsch, Rolf, Ellen Gleditsch, Ellen, Kristian Gleditsch, Kristian and Henry Gleditsch. He took his chemical engineering education in the United States. He was hired in his father's company Jotun (company), Jotun Odd Gleditsch in 1953. He became CEO in 1967 and saw through a merger to form the company Jotun (company), Jotun where he was CEO from 1972 to 1979. He was also chairman of the board from 1972 to 2000. References 1929 births 2023 deaths Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian chemical engineers People from Sandefjord Norwegian expatriates in the United States {{Norway-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandefjord
Sandefjord () is a city and the most populous municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838. The municipality of Sandar was merged into Sandefjord on 1 January 1969. On 1 January 2017, rural municipalities of Andebu and Stokke were merged into Sandefjord as part of a nationwide municipal reform. This merger was the first one to take place during the reform. The city is known for its rich Viking history and the prosperous whaling industry, which made Sandefjord the richest city in Norway.Porter, Darwin and Danforth Prince (2003). ''Frommer's Norway''. Wiley. p. 158. . Today, it has built up the third-largest merchant fleet in Norway. It is home to Europe's only museum dedicated to whaling, and is home to Gokstad Mound where the 9th century Gokstad Ship was discovered. Sandefjord has numerous nicknames, including the Viking, Whaling "capital" of Norway or as the undisputed summer city of Norway. The city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odd Gleditsch Sr
Odd means unpaired, occasional, strange or unusual, or a person who is viewed as eccentric. Odd may also refer to: Acronym * ODD (Text Encoding Initiative) ("One Document Does it all"), an abstracted literate-programming format for describing XML schemas * Oodnadatta Airport Oodnadatta Airport is an aerodrome that services Oodnadatta, South Australia, Australia. History It was utilised by the Royal Australian Air Force's No. 34 Squadron to courier equipment and stores, transport troops and utilised by RAAF and U ... (IATA: ODD), South Australia * Oppositional defiant disorder, a mental disorder characterized by anger-guided, hostile behavior * Operational due diligence * Operational Design Domain (ODD) in case of autonomous cars * Optical disc drive * ''ODD'', a 2007 play by Hal Corley about a teenager with oppositional defiant disorder Mathematics * Even and odd numbers, an integer is odd if dividing by two does not yield an integer * Even and odd functions, a function ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
