Svend Foyn Bruun Sr. (1 December 1883 – 31 May 1956) was a

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naval officer, ship-owner and whaler, and politician for the

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. He ran the company Bruun & von der Lippe from 1919 to 1945, co-founded

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and was a four-term member of the

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Personal life

He was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

as a son of ship-owner Carsten Henrik Carstensen Bruun (1828–1907) and Maren Sibylle Bull Foyn (1840–1918). He was a younger brother of Carsten Henrik Bruun Jr. On the paternal side he was a great-grandnephew of founding father

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, and on the maternal side he was a grandson of Laurentius Føyn Jr, born 1807, who was a brother of noted whaler

Svend Foyn Svend Foyn (July 9, 1809 – November 30, 1894) was a Norwegian whaling, shipping magnate and philanthropist. He pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon cannon and broug ...

. Together with Ellen Bruusgaard (1887–1969) he had two daughters and two sons. The son Svend Foyn Bruun Jr. followed in his career footsteps.

Career

After middle school he studied for a short time in France and

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and attended the

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. In the

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he was a Lieutenant from 1904, Premier Lieutenant from 1908 and Captain from 1920. He participated in the Norwegian neutrality guard during

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. In his civil career, he was a shipmate from 1906 and shipmaster from 1907 to 1911. From 1911 to 1914 he participated in

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expeditions off the coast of Africa. He inherited Aker farm in Sem in 1916, but definitely entered shipping in 1919 when he founded the company ''Bruun & von der Lippe''. He had the company together with

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. Also, Lippe, Bruun and

Anders Jahre Anders August Jahre (28 May 1891 – 26 February 1982) was a Norwegian shipping magnate. Jahre was educated in law, and worked as a lawyer in Sandefjord from 1916 until 1928. Meanwhile, he was also involved in the whaling industry, and he founded ...

together founded the three whaling companies Antarctic, Globus and

in 1928. The company lasted until 1945, when Bruun started his own shipping and whaling company. From 1919 to 1925 Bruun was a member of Sem

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, the last three years in the executive committee. He was elected to the

from Vestfold in

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and

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, serving four terms. He chaired the county branch of his party and was a member of the central board and national board. He also chaired his county branch of the

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. He was a board member of Tønsberg Sparebank and

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. He chaired the supervisory council of Oiltank and was a supervisory council member of Afrika A/S and from 1933 to 1938 in ''

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''. He was decorated with the

Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of ...

. He died in 1956.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruun, Svend Foyn 1883 births 1956 deaths Politicians from Tønsberg Royal Norwegian Naval Academy alumni Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Norwegian people in whaling Vestfold politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Order of the Polar Star Norwegian company founders