Ludvig Johan Bakkevig (11 October 1921 – 21 April 2013) was a Norwegian engineer and Christian leader. He was born in

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipalities of Norway, municipality and List of towns and cities in Norway, town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. As of December 2023, the municipality of Haugesund has a population of 37,855. The vast majority of ...

, and graduated from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

in 1947. He was an engineer by profession, working for Oslo Lysverker from 1947 to 1949 and Thor Furuholmen until 1974. He was the chief executive of Ringsakerhus from 1974 to 1977 and director of the building division in Norconsult from 1977 to 1980. From 1980 to 1987 he was the chief executive and chair of Alwatech. His specialty was tunnelling, as a co-founder of the Norwegian Tunneling Society and active in the International Tunnelling Association. He has also worked on hydroelectricity projects in

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and

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. He was also manager in the

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in the 1970s. In religious circles he is best known as leader of the

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from 1978 to 1986. He resided at

Billingstad Billingstad is a village in Asker municipality, Akershus county, Norway. It is close to the border of Bærum and Vestmarka (Oslomarka), Vestmarka and is 18 km west of Oslo. It has 2,349 residents (2006). The area is both residential and com ...

. He died in April 2013.Death announcement

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1921 births 2013 deaths People from Haugesund Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian engineers Norwegian Lutherans 20th-century Lutherans {{Norway-reli-bio-stub