Eivind Heiberg

Eivind Heiberg (29 November 1870 – 2 November 1939) was a Norwegian engineer and railway director. He is known as the chairman of Skabo Jernbanevognfabrik from 1899 to 1924, the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries from 1906 to 1912, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation from 1912 to 1917, the Norwegian State Railways from 1924 to 1938 and Standards Norway from 1924 to 1934.

Personal life He was born in Christiania as a son of Colonel Axel Wulfsberg Heiberg (1832–1904) and his wife Emma Sejersted (1840–1930). He was a first cousin of Gustav, Jacob, Gunnar and Inge Heiberg, a first cousin once removed of Hans Heiberg and an uncle of Axel, Bernt and Edvard Heiberg.

In November 1895 he married Gudrun Møller (1872–1945). The couple had three sons, who all became engineers. Heiberg became a member of the central committee of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation. He later chaired the organization from 1912 to 1917. He was also a member of Aker municipal council from 1901 to 1903. From 1924 to 1934 he also chaired Standards Norway. The State Railways were haunted by economic problems during his time as director, owing to the general economic hardships of the interwar period, and for the first time in its history the State Railways had to discontinue parts of its service.

Heiberg was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the Finnish Order of the White Rose. He died in November 1939 in Oslo.