Finn Sejersted (3 August 1868 – 22 January 1914) was a Norwegian director and

railway engineer Railway engineering is a multi-faceted engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction and operation of all types of rail transport systems. It includes a wide range of engineering disciplines, including(but not limited to) civil engi ...

. He was born in

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, Nord-Trøndelag, in 1868, and studied at Trondhjems tekniske Skole ("''Trondheim School of Technology''") between 1887 and 1890. After he finished studying, he was hired by the

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, where he worked as an installation director of the

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, Sætesdal and

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s. In 1897, Sejersted became

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Holmenkolbanen A/S Holmenkolbanen was a company that owned and operated part of the Oslo Tramway and Oslo Metro in Norway from 1898 until 1975 when services were taken over by the majority owner Oslo Sporveier. Holmenkolbanen opened the Holmenkoll Line in 1 ...

, at an age of 29 years. He succeeded Albert Fenger-Krog, and was the acting director when

opened the

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in 1898. Following the 1912 Valkyrie plass tunnel collapse, Sejersted became depressed of the criticism he received, and died aged 46, on 22 January 1914. He was succeeded by Tobias Bernhoft.

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