About Sverre Walter Rostoft
Lived 1912 – 2001 (aged 88). Sverre Walter Rostoft was a Norwegian politician, business executive, businessperson and jurist.
Sverre Walter Rostoft (12 December 1912 – 26 April 2001) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.
Early life and education He was born in Glemmen as a son of ship captain Georg Walter Andersen (1887–1952) and housewife Marta Walgjerta Hansen. He took commerce school in 1930 and the examen artium in 1935. He studied philology from 1935 to 1937, then worked as a secretary at Nylands Verksted until 1944. In 1947 he graduated with the cand.jur. degree.
Career He was hired as an office manager in Kristiansands Mekaniske Verksted in 1944. Already in 1945 he became chief executive officer, serving until 1979. He became a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries in 1949 and the Federation of Norwegian Industries in 1957. He served as president from 1962 to 1965.
He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1965, Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1973 and received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1987.
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Norwegian politician (1912–2001)
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Sverre Walter Rostoft was born on 12 December 1912 in Glemmen Municipality.
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Sverre Walter Rostoft died on 26 April 2001 in Kristiansand Municipality.
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Sverre Walter Rostoft was a politician, business executive, businessperson and jurist.
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