Halfdan Grieg

Halfdan Grieg (17 December 1907 – 6 February 1971) was a Norwegian ship-owner.

He was born in Bergen as a son of ship-owner Halfdan Grieg, Sr. (1864–1940) and Ragna, née Geelmuyden (1868–1947).[1]

He finished his secondary education in 1926 and took mercantile education at Columbia University in 1926–27. After shipping experience in the United States, England and Germany he worked in the shipping firm Joachim Grieg & Co. from 1932 and became a partner in 1937.[1][2] During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was imprisoned in Bergen in June–July 1942.[3]

After the war he became involved in the fledgling commercial aviation industry in Norway, as chairman of the board of West Norway Airlines.[1] He died in 1971.[4]

References
  1. Gram, Harald; Steenstrup, Bjørn, eds. (1948). "Grieg, Halfdan". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 180. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Grieg, Halfdan". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 253. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. Ottosen, Kristian, ed. (1995). Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 233. ISBN 82-15-00288-9.
  4. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1968 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 626. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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