Kosmos (company)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
A/S Kosmos was a shipping and industrial company from Sandefjord.
It was founded in 1928 by Anders Jahre, Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. and Anton Barth von der Lippe[1] as Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S. In 1949 Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S (A/S Kosmos) and its sister company Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos II A/S (A/S Kosmos II) were fused to make the company A/S Kosmos.
In 1986, the brothers Arne and Wilhelm Blystad sought to take control of the company, without luck. Two other brothers, Morits and Brynjulf Skaugen, Jr., took control of Kosmos two years later, and split up the company. The shipping arm of the company was taken over by I. M. Skaugen and Color Line.
From 1978 to 1989, Bjørn Bettum was the administrative director of Kosmos.
See also
- FLK Kosmos, whaling ship
- FLK Kosmos II, whaling ship
References
- ^ Svendsen, Arnljot Strømme. "Anders Jahre". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
Further reading
- Lardex.net: Kosmos 50 years ago Archived 2008-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Kosmos' home page
- Alf R. Jacobsen (1986) Kampen om Kosmos, Pax, Oslo. ISBN 82-530-1383-3
- Odd Thorson (1953) Aksjeselskapet Kosmos gjennom 25 år. En epoke i Antarktis, Dreyer, Oslo
Categories:
- CS1 Norwegian-language sources (no)
- Webarchive template wayback links
- Defunct shipping companies of Norway
- Transport companies established in 1928
- 1928 establishments in Norway
- Transport companies disestablished in 1988
- Companies based in Sandefjord
- Manufacturing companies established in 1928
- All stub articles
- Norwegian shipping company stubs
- Hunting stubs