Trygve Wettre

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Trygve Wettre (13 January 1874 – 10 August 1936) was a Norwegian businessperson.

He was born in Kristiania as a son of Ole Wettre (1830–1898) and Christine Elisabet Johannesen (1833–1920). He was a younger brother of businessman Ragnar Wettre.[1]

He attended Kristiania Borger- og Realskole, and at the school's hundredth anniversary in 1912 he and two brothers donated 1000 kr (more than 50,000 in modern currency) to the school.[2] After finishing Kristiania Commerce School in 1890, Wettre worked office jobs in Norway until 1907, except for the period 1893 to 1899 when he stayed abroad. In 1908 he became a co-owner of the company Peter Thr. Duborgh.[1][3] From 1929, when William Duborgh died, Wettre was the company's sole owner, and when he died, the company was passed on to Ragnar Wettre.[4]

In 1916 he entered the first board of the , together with L. S. Karlsen, Harald Hougen and B. Dreyer.[5] He was the deputy chair of Kristiania Handelsstands Forening from 1916 to 1919, was a member of the 50-man committee of the Kristiania Chamber of Commerce and the Kristiania Stock Exchange arbitration court,[1] and a board member of the Norwegian Branch of the International Law Association.[6] He was a supervisory council member of Borregaard, ,[1] Det Norske Luftfartrederi,[7] the Schou Brewery,[8] ,[9] Lilleborg and De-No-Fa,[10] and a board member of ,[11] ,[12] Bergens Privatbank, Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani and Vinmonopolet.[1]

During prohibition in Norway (which was discontinued followed a 1926 referendum), Wettre was dispatched to conduct various negotiations with wine exporting countries: in Paris in 1923, Madrid in 1924 and Rome 1925. He was also decorated as a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy.[3] Wettre was however ousted from the board of Vinmonopolet after three seasoned wine importers, , and Roald Dysthe, unveiled and campaigned against nepotism between the board of directors and Mowinckel's Second Cabinet.[13] Wettre and others ran a libel case against the Dysthe brothers, and was represented by barrister , but lost the case.[14]

Before his death in 1936 he was the vice chairman of the .[15] He was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1930). "Wettre, Trygve". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 449. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Borgerskolens 100-årsjubilæum". Aftenposten Aften. 6 September 1912. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Wettre, Trygve". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. pp. 812–813. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Landskjent firma 100 år i dag". Aftenposten. 1 October 1947. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Firmaanmeldelser". Aftenposten. 8 September 1916. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Norsk Forening for internasjonal Rett". Aftenposten. 17 April 1929. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Luflfartsrederiet bliver ikke opløst". Aftenposten. 9 March 1920. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Generalforsamling i Schous Bryggeri". Aftenposten Aften. 19 February 1935. p. 5.
  9. ^ "Generalforsamlinger". Aftenposten Aften. 9 March 1937. p. 5.
  10. ^ "Lilleborg og De-No-Fa". Aftenposten. 13 November 1936. p. 12.
  11. ^ "Norges første aeroplanfabrik i drift i mai". Aftenposten Aften. 26 April 1919. p. 3.
  12. ^ "Forsikringsselskabet "Viking"". Aftenposten. 30 June 1922. p. 6.
  13. ^ Ulateig, Egil (1993). "Den unge seierherren". Justismord. Historien om Roald Dysthe (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 15–27. ISBN 82-03-17250-4.
  14. ^ Salmonsens konversationsleksikon
  15. ^ "Fransk-Norsk Handelskammer". Aftenposten. 24 September 1936. p. 10.
  16. ^ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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