Johan Bryde (June 1858 – May 1925) was a Norwegian businessman, ship owner and whaler. He helped establish a whaling station in the

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Bryde was born at

Laurvig Larvik () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Larvik (town) ...

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, Norway. He was the son of Johan Maurits Bryde (1830–1899) and Karen Eriksen (1837–1914). He founded a shipping company at

Sandefjord Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

in 1890. Whaling was the foremost business in Sandefjord. Later his cousin, Jacob Egeland (1864-1946) and Johan Bryde raised money to start their first whaling station in

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. Egeland had arrived in Durban during 1880 and had developed interests in shipping, fishing, timber, and whaling. Their company was named 'The South African Whaling Company'. From 1908 Bryde managed whaling out of

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. In 1909, Jacob Egeland ended his partnership with Johan Bryde and started the Union Whaling and Fishing Company with another cousin Abraham E. Larsen. Bryde is also known as owner of the oil mill Gimle Oljemølle and chemical factory Jotun Kemiske Fabrik at Gimle outside Sandefjord, both of which went bankrupt in 1925. The plants were purchased by Odd Gleditsch, Sr., who founded Jotun Kemiske Fabrik A/S in 1926.

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Photograph of Johan Bryde
1858 births 1925 deaths People from Larvik People from Sandefjord Norwegian people in whaling Norwegian emigrants to South Africa Immigrants to the Colony of Natal Norwegian businesspeople in shipping {{Norway-business-bio-stub

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