Sigurd Astrup

Sigurd Astrup (6 August 1873 – August 1949) was a Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party.

Sigurd Astrup
Sigurd Astrup
Born(1873-08-06)6 August 1873
Oslo, Norway
DiedAugust 1949 (aged 76)
NationalityNorway
OccupationBusinessman
Owner of Astrup & Søn
Supervisory council member of Filharmonisk Selskap
Politician
Years active1895-1949
TitleParliament member
Term1924-1928
Political partyConservative Party
Board member ofStatens metalsentral (1918–1920)
Norges Handels- og Sjøfartstidende (1917 to 1933)
Standards Norway (1924-1934)
Christiania Søforsikringsselskab (1932-1944)
Norsk Spisevognselskap
Grubernes Sprængstoffabriker
Dalen Portland
Den norske Creditbank (1928-1944)
Storebrand
Idun 1931-1946
Elektrokemisk
Spouse(s)Ingeborg Willumsen
ChildrenHarald Astrup
Parent(s)Harald Astrup
RelativesEivind Astrup (brother)
Thorvald Astrup (brother)
Henning Astrup (brother)
Peder Andreas Morell (brother-in-law)

Personal life

Astrup was born in Kristiania, the son of Harald Astrup (1831–1914), a wholesaler, and his wife, Johanne Emilie Smith (1836–1915).[1] His brothers were the architects Henning (1864–96) and Thorvald Astrup (1876–1940) and the polar explorer Eivind Astrup (1871–95).[2] He was a brother-in-law of fellow conservative politician Peder Andreas Morell.[1] He was married to Ingeborg Willumsen (1877–1962); their son Harald Astrup married Mabel, a sister of Barthold A. Butenschøn, Sr. and, like his father, embarked on a mercantile career.[3]

Career

The young Astrup was educated at the private Gjertsen School in Kristiania, before embarking on his philological and mercantile studies in England and Belgium.[1][4][5] In 1895, the company Astrup & Smith, founded by his father on 6 August 1857, appointed Astrup as its office chief.[4][5] He became part owner in 1906. The company subsequently changed name from Astrup & Smith to Astrup & Søn. Astrup became the sole owner of the company in 1914.[6][5]

Representing the Oslo Conservative Party, Astrup was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1924; he sat through one term. Astrup also had positions in parliamentary committees, in Statens metalsentral (1918–1920) and in boards of Norwegian corporations.[5] He chaired Standards Norway from 1924 to 1934 and Christiania Søforsikringsselskab from 1932 to 1944,[1] as well as Norsk Spisevognselskap, Grubernes Sprængstoffabriker and Dalen Portland.[4][5] He was a board member of Norges Handels- og Sjøfartstidende from 1917 to 1933, Den norske Creditbank from 1928 to 1944 (deputy chairman since 1932), Storebrand and Idun from 1931 to 1946,[1] as well as Elektrokemisk.[4] He was also a supervisory council member of Filharmonisk Selskap.[7] He died in August 1949, aged 76.[8]

gollark: A giant space rock would be very hard-pressed to destroy the Earth.
gollark: Depends on what you consider "die", but it will probably involve the sun doing things.
gollark: I mean, outside-view-ishly, life on Earth has existed for several billion years, so the probability (without knowing anything else) of it randomly stopping over the course of some arbitrary thousand or so is... not high.
gollark: > There's nothing that says that life on earth will go on forever. That the environment will not self destruct via CO2 and warming, or any other method.???
gollark: It's ethical™ because journals don't pay the scientists for them anyway.

References
  1. "Biografier 1905-1945: Sigurd Astrup" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. Bratberg, Terje (2009). "Astrup". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Astrup, Harald". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 30. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Astrup, Sigurd". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 42. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1939). "Astrup, Sigurd". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (2nd ed.). Oslo: Halvorsen & Larsen. p. 54.
  6. "Historien om Astrup" (in Norwegian). Astrup & Søn. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  7. "Filharmoniske Selskab". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 8 July 1919. p. 4.
  8. "Grosserer Sigurd Astrup død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 11 August 1949.
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