H. O. Bergqvist - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Apr 04, 1889 Ås, Akershus, Norway Died on 03 Jan 1967 (aged 77)

Norwegian engineer, businessman and politician

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  • Harry Olaf Bergqvist (4 April 1889 – 3 January 1967) was a Norwegian engineer, businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Ås, but was raised at Grefsen.
  • In 1915 he moved to Bryn, Oslo.
  • He found work as an engineer in Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik, a metal manufacturing company not far from his home.
  • He gradually advancer to become manager of the company.
  • Before Norsk Gjærde- og Metaldukfabrik, he worked for some time in Myrens Verksted.He was a member of Aker and Oslo municipal councils (Aker was incorporated into Oslo) from 1932 to 1955; for many years in the executive committee.
  • He was a board member of the Oslo branch of the Federation of Mechanical Industries from 1936 to 1940 and Oslo Lysverker, and member of the supervisory council of Akers Sparebank.
  • He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 1959.
  • He died in January 1967, and was buried in Østre Aker.

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