Per Møystad Backe (2 December 1914 – 19 August 1991) was a Norwegian jurist and industrial leader. He was born in

Hammerfest Hammerfest (; sme, Hámmerfeasta ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Hammerfest is the northernmost town in the world with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfe ...

. He was a central person in the development of the

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from 1946. From 1959 to 1968 he was manager of Dalen Portland Cementfabrik. He chaired the board of

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from 1968 to 1983, as well as Viking–Askim from 1970. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1971.

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1914 births 1991 deaths People from Hammerfest Norwegian expatriates in France 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian resistance members SAS Group people {{norway-business-bio-stub