Einar Falck, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Einar Falck

Norwegian businessman

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1925

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1994

Profession: businessperson, jurist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Einar Falck

  • Einar Falck (21 January 1925 – 29 October 1994) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Stavanger as a son of Einar Falck, Sr.
  • (1897–1924) and Ella Kristine Stray Johansen (1901–1933).
  • He was a nephew of Thomas Scheen Falck.
  • He was an orphan from age eight, and grew up with family members in Oslo and Bergen.
  • In 1950 he married Mensendieck system teacher Sidsel Hosche Morland.
  • In the same year he graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur.
  • degree.After graduation, he travelled to Paris.
  • After some years as a shipbroker here, he worked for the Council of Europe from 1952.
  • In 1959 he became assisting director; but he left the Council of Europe in 1966.
  • He had then started a career in the insurance company Vesta in Bergen.
  • He was behind a merger with two other insurance companies in Bergen in 1963, Æolus and Bergen Brand, Falck was the chief executive officer of Vesta from 1968 to 1980.
  • He was then chairman of Vesta until 1988, and also chairman of the daughter company Investa until 1993, as well as Hygea and Nevi.
  • Vesta was sold to Skandia in 1989.He also chaired J.
  • Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, A/S Aurland and Saga Petroleum.
  • He was a board member of Vard, Elkem, Kosmos, NHH's Center for International Business, Norcem and Elektro Union.
  • He was especially active in building up Saga Petroleum, having joined the board of the company when it was still called Norwegian Oil Consortium (Noco).
  • He also helped found Nordenfjeldske Treforedling in 1962, which became Norske Skog.
  • He was a supervisory council member of Bergens Privatbank and Bergen Fiskeindustrier.

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