Per Grieg

Per Grieg (31 January 1932 – 11 January 2024) was a Norwegian ship broker and ship owner. He was co-owner and chief executive of the Grieg Group.

He was a significant contributor to musical institutions in Bergen, and to the SOS Children's Villages.

Personal life Grieg was born in Bergen on 31 January 1932, a son of architect and Inger Bratt. He married Elna Lingjerde Pedersen in 1954.

Career Grieg graduated as engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1956, and worked some years at Det Bergenske Dampskipsselskap. From 1960 he was assigned as ship broker for the family company Joachim Grieg & Co, later becoming the Grieg Group. A co-owner from 1963, he was chief executive from 1972 to 1999. He retired as CEO of the company in 1999, but continued as chairman of the board.

He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 2001. (Note: The encyclopedia wrongly gave 2023 as death year, as of September 2024.