Harald Sommerfeldt, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Harald Sommerfeldt

businessperson

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1886

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1966

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Harald Sommerfeldt

  • Harald Sommerfeldt (20 October 1886 – 1966) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Kristiania as a son of customs treasurer Thorolf Sommerfeldt (1849–1909) and Thrine Karine Sommerfelt (1856–1900).
  • In 1912 he married Sigrid Grøner, a daughter of district stipendiary magistrate J.
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  • Grøner.He finished his secondary education in 1905, and graduated in engineering from Kristiania Technical School in 1909.
  • He was an engineer at Kværner Brug from 1909 to 1912, then in the insurance company Forsikringsaktieselskapet Norden.
  • He was promoted to assisting director in 1932 and chief executive officer in 1934.
  • He retired in 1958.
  • He also chaired the Association of Norwegian Insurance Companies from 1941 to 1952 and Den norske Brandtarifforening from 1936 to 1957.
  • He chaired the supervisory council of De-No-Fa, Lilleborg Fabrikker and Norske Liv and was deputy chair in the supervisory council of Saugbrugsforeningen.He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St.
  • Olav, Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Commander of the Order of Vasa and the Order of the Lion of Finland.
  • He died in 1966.

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