About Tobias Bernhoft
Lived 1869 – 1936 (aged 66). Tobias Bernhoft was a Norwegian civil engineer and engineer.
Tobias Brodtkorp Bernhoft (5 December 1869 – 20 August 1936) was a Norwegian engineer and director.
He was born on 5 December 1869 to Tobias Bernhoft senior (1841-1872) and his wife Thora (1848-1910) at Strinda Municipality. Among them was the famous singer Bias Bernhoft.
Bernhoft studied at Kristiania tekniske skole ("Kristiania School of Technics") from 1889 to 1891. In the same year as he left the school, Bernhoft was hired by the Norwegian State Railways. He became the engineer of the constructions of the Gjøvik, Bergen, Roa-Hønefoss, Rauma and Solør Lines. In 1911, Bernhoft was appointed chief engineer of the Dovre Line. Bernhoft became the managing director of Holmenkolbanen in 1914, succeeding Finn Sejersted.
Tobias Bernhoft was admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club SK Ull in 1889. He died on 20 August 1936, aged 68.
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Norwegian businessman and engineer (1869–1936)
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Tobias Bernhoft was born on 5 December 1869.
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Tobias Bernhoft died on 20 August 1936.
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Tobias Bernhoft was a civil engineer and engineer.
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Tobias Bernhoft was Norwegian.
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