Tobias Brodtkorp Bernhoft (5 December 1869 – 20 August 1936) was a Norwegian engineer and director. He was born on 5 December 1869 to Tobias Bernhoft senior (1841-1872) and his wife Thora (1848-1910) at

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. He married Marie Holmboe on 30 September 1896, with whom he had four children. Among them was the famous singer

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. Bernhoft studied at Kristiania tekniske skole ("Kristiania School of Technics") from 1889 to 1891. In the same year as he left the school, Bernhoft was hired by the

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. He became the engineer of the constructions of the

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, Roa-Hønefoss,

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and

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s. In 1911, Bernhoft was appointed chief engineer of the

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. Bernhoft became the

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in 1914, succeeding Finn Sejersted. Tobias Bernhoft was admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club

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in 1889. He died on 20 August 1936, aged 68. After Bernhoft's death,

Olav Braarud Olav Braarud (2 February 1885 – 4 April 1969) was a Norwegian director and engineer. Born in Verdal Municipality, Nordre Trondhjems Amt, he travelled to Darmstadt, Germany, where he graduated as an engineer in 1910. In 1912, he became operatio ...

became managing director.

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