Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen (21 May 1906 – 1 February 2004) was a Norwegian ship owner. He was born in

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Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Olaf Christian Ditlev-Simonsen Jr. (2 January 1897 – 19 February 1978) was a Norwegian sailor, footballer, sports administrator and businessperson. Early and personal life He was born in Dypvåg to ship-owner Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen (1865–19 ...

and Magdalena Pedersen, and married Lily Kaurin in 1907. They had the son

Per Ditlev-Simonsen Per Ditlev-Simonsen (born 12 June 1932) is a Norwegian politician. He was the mayor of Oslo, representing the Conservative Party, from 1995 to 2007. He stepped down on 23 August 2007 following the Swiss bank-account scandal. Ditlev-Simonsen wa ...

. Since 1929 he was running his own shipping business. He was active in organizational work, and assumed various positions in the

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for more than twenty years. He was a board member of the

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from 1955, and chairman from 1964. He was decorated Commander of the Swedish

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. Ditlev-Simonsen was an active

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player, a three times Norwegian champion.

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1906 births 2004 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo in shipping Norwegian bandy players {{Norway-bandy-bio-stub