Odd Berg

Odd Berg (9 July 1907 – 11 September 2005) was a Norwegian ship-owner.

He was born in Trondhjem as a son of consul Harald Berg (1881–1951) and Adele Sørensen (1881–1938). Odd Berg finished his secondary education in 1926, took Kristiania Commerce School in 1927, the average adjuster exam in 1928 and the cand.oecon. degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1930. He then studied three years abroad. From 1933 to 1942 he worked as the manager of Tromsø Bunkerdepot. In 1937 he married Trinelise Hansen.

In 1945 he registered his own company, eponymously named. Tromsø Bunkerdepot became a daughter company. Other daughter companies included Bergskip, Bulkskip, Berg Betong, Tromsø Fiskeindustri, Finnmark Bunkerdepot and Nordkapp Fiskeindustri.

Odd Berg also had consular missions for Spain, the Netherlands and Italy. He was an important person in Norwegian employers' associations; as a central board member of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation, board member of the Federation of Norwegian Industries and the Norwegian Shipbrokers' Association. He was also a board member of Tromsø Port Authority and chaired the supervisory council of Tromsø Forretningsbank.