Einar Westye Egeberg, Jr.
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Einar Westye Egeberg Jr. (24 February 1883 – 1946) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in
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. After middle school he attended the Öffentlichen Handelslehranstalt in
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from 1899 to 1902. He worked with timber trade in
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from 1902 to 1904 and studied languages in
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from 1906 to 1907. In 1911 he became a manager and co-owner in the family company Westye Egeberg & Co. The company was founded by Westye Egeberg (1770–1830) in 1802, and had been passed down through the generations. Egeberg also took over the estates Stormo and Tannæs in
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in 1930. His interests were skiing and hunting. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram from 1912 to 1942. He died in 1946, and was buried at
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. His daughter Agnes Cecilie Egeberg, whom he had together with Kitty Parr (1892–1970), married cruise line director Hans Christian Henriksen.


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1883 births 1946 deaths 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian expatriates in France SK Fram members Burials at Vestre gravlund {{norway-business-bio-stub