Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
Norwegian shipowner
About Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
Lived 1865 – 1960 (aged 94). Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen was a Norwegian ship-owner.
Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen (15 December 1865 – 16 January 1960) was a Norwegian ship owner who developed one of the largest shipping companies in Norway.
Personal life Ditlev-Simonsen was born in Sarpsborg to Ole Christian Simonsen and Christiane Dorthea Christiansen. He was the father of Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen Jr (1897–1978), and grandfather of politician Per Ditlev-Simonsen (minister of defense and mayor of Oslo).
Career Ditlev-Simonsen developed one of the largest shipping companies in Norway, together with three of his sons. He was also active in organizational work, and was a board member of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Kristiania Rederiforening, Oslo chamber of commerce and the Port Board of Oslo. In this position he was quite busy with the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition at Frogner and Skarpsno.
He chaired the board of Norges Handels og Sjøfartstidende from 1911 to 1939, and chaired the board of Det Søndenfjelds-Norske Dampskibsselskab from 1924 to 1940.
Ditlev-Simonsen was an eager sports sailor, and had the two cutters Vav and Isabel Alexandra.
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Norwegian shipowner
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Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen was born on 15 December 1865 in Sarpsborg.
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Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen died on 16 January 1960 in Oslo.
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Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen was a ship-owner.
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Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen was Norwegian.
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