Tyge Filseth
Norwegian marketing agent
About Tyge Filseth
Lived 1913 – 2002 (aged 88–89). Tyge Filseth was a Norwegian.
Tyge Krabbe Filseth (1913 – 2 September 2002) was a Norwegian marketing agent, known for co-founding two research institutions related to advertising.
He was a son of Johan Filseth, the 1894 founder and editor-in-chief of newspaper Gudbrandsdølen. His brother Kaare Filseth was the editor-in-chief of Ringerikes Blad from 1938 to his death in 1944. His sister Tove Filseth was a journalist, and was married to Silesian Jewish writer Max Tau from May 1944 to his death in 1976 and physician Haakon Natvig from 1988 to her death in 1994. His wife's uncle was Nikolai Astrup. The institute was incorporated into the Norwegian School of Marketing in 1989, which was in turn affiliated with the Norwegian School of Management from 1992.
Filseth was married to Henninge Astrup and had three sons (Per, Frode and Kåre). He died in September 2002 in Oslo.
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Who was Tyge Filseth?
Norwegian marketing agent (1913–2002)
When was Tyge Filseth born?
Tyge Filseth was born in 1913 in Lillehammer.
When did Tyge Filseth die?
Tyge Filseth died on 2 September 2002.
What nationality was Tyge Filseth?
Tyge Filseth was Norwegian.
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