Tharald Brøvig, Jr.

Tharald Brøvig Jr. (21 May 1942 – 24 September 2017 ) was a Norwegian ship-owner and investor.

Early and personal life He was born in Farsund, the only child of Gunnar Christian Brøvig (1907–1944) and Ragnhild Mørch. He was a grandson of Tharald Brøvig Sr., and Olav Selvaag.

His father was the leader of the family company, Th. Brøvig, but was killed in 1944 during the Second World War. Hafslund Nycomed was started when Hafslund bought Nycomed in the 1980s, and Brøvig was behind this as a board member of Hafslund. In 1992, the family shipping company was again saved, this time with the selling of Hafslund Nycomed shares. In Tandberg, Brøvig was chairman from 1985 to 1997, then in Tandberg Television.

Brøvig was also a board member of World Wildlife Fund in Norway from 1988 to 1996 (chair since 1994) and the Norwegian Shipowners' Association from 1990 to 1998 (vice president since 1996).

Brøvig moved from Switzerland to Norway in 1983. In January 1986 he married Inger Sande.