Odd Hoftun

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Odd Hoftun
Born (1927-12-27) 27 December 1927 (age 93)
Ål, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Occupationengineer and missionary
AwardsRoyal Norwegian Order of Merit

Odd Hoftun (born 27 December 1927) is a Norwegian engineer and missionary.

He was born in Ål to power station operator Erik Hoftun and schoolteacher Martha Indergaard. He was educated electrical engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and subsequently worked at  [no] and Drammen elektrisitetsverk. From 1958 to 1995 he worked in Nepal, where he first helped construct a hospital in Tansen, and a was then a driving force for establishing a secondary school in Butwal (Butwal Technical Institute (BTI), 1963). He was further a pioneer and key person in the early development of hydropower in Nepal, through Butwal Power Company Ltd., Himal Hydro Ltd., and Nepal Hydro and Electric (P) Ltd.[1] He received several decorations from the King of Nepal, and was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit in 1990.[2][3]

Selected works[]

  • Fjellandet Nepal (1963)

References[]

  1. ^ Shrestha, Bhola. "The energy to do it ourselves | Nepali Times Buzz". Nepali Times. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. ^ Engelsviken, Tormod. "Odd Hoftun". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ Kippenes, Einar. "Odd Hoftun". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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