Carl Emil Rustad (10 December 1881 – 1957) was a Norwegian military officer and director. He was born in

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as a son of

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Fredrik "Fritz" Frantz Michael Wilhelm Rustad (1852–1930) and Mistress of the Robes Marie Magdalena Schou (1859–1943). He was a maternal grandson of

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. In 1909 he married Bergliot Heiberg, a sister of professor

Jean Heiberg Jean Hjalmar Dahl Heiberg (19 December 1884 – 27 May 1976) was a Norwegian painter, sculptor, designer and art professor. Personal life Heiberg was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of Hjalmar Heiberg (1837–97) and Jea ...

. He finished his secondary education in 1899, became an Artillery officer in 1902 and graduated from the

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in 1905. He served at an artillery and dragoon regiment in

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for ten months in 1906, then as an aspirant in the General Staff from 1906 to 1917 and military attaché in

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and

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from 1912 to 1917. He was promoted to captain in 1915 and major in 1929. He was decorated with the Order of St. Anna, 3rd Class, as a Knight, First Class of the

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and Chevalier of the

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. He was hired in

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in 1917, then in

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in 1920. He was then the chief executive officer of Norsk Sprængstofindustri from 1926 to 1946. He was a board member of

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, Oslo Sparebank, Forsikringsselskapet Idun and

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. Eger became a member of the gentlemen's skiing club SK Fram in 1915. He died in 1957.

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1881 births 1957 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo Norwegian Army personnel Norwegian Military College alumni 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople SK Fram members Military attachés for Norway Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Knights First Class of the Order of Vasa Knights of the Legion of Honour {{Norway-mil-bio-stub