Sigurd Kloumann (1 July 1879 – 18 January 1953) was a Norwegian engineer, hydropower developer and industrial leader. Kloumann was born in

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to Fredrik Julius Kloumann and Karen Johanne Anker Løwold. He was manager of ''Notodden salpeterfabrikk'' from 1904 to 1912, for

Saudefaldene Saudefaldene is a hydroelectric power company in Sauda, Norway. It was founded in 1913 to harness hydropower in the Sauda Watershed. Building of power plants started in 1914, and power was delivered starting in . It was bought by Union Carbide i ...

from 1913, and for

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(NACO) from 1916 to 1945. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1911, and was a Commander of the Swedish

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. In 1940 NACO was the largest producer of

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in Norway. During the

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, NACO collaborated with the occupants, and the company and its leaders were subject to investigation in the subsequent legal purge. Kloumann was a fellow of the

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from 1925 as well as a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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