About Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen
Lived 1906 – 2004 (aged 97). Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen was a Norwegian ship-owner and athlete.
Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen (21 May 1906 – 1 February 2004) was a Norwegian ship owner.
He was born in Oslo to Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen and Magdalena Pedersen, and married Lily Kaurin in 1907. They had the son Per Ditlev-Simonsen.
From 1929 Ditlev-Simonsen ran his own shipping business. He was active in organizational work, and assumed various positions in the Norwegian Shipowners' Association for more than twenty years. He was a board member of the Norwegian Maritime Museum from 1955, and chairman from 1964. He was decorated Commander of the Swedish Order of Vasa.
Ditlev-Simonsen was an active bandy player, a three times Norwegian champion.
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Norwegian ship-owner and athlete
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Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen was born on 21 May 1906 in Oslo, Oslo Municipality.
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Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen died on 1 February 2004.
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Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen was a ship-owner and athlete.
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Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen was Norwegian.
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