Johan Bryde Explained

Johan Bryde (June 1858 – May 1925) was a Norwegian businessman, ship owner and whaler. He helped establish a whaling station in the Colony of Natal. The Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) is named after him.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Biography

Bryde was born at Laurvig in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of Johan Maurits Bryde (1830–1899) and Karen Eriksen (1837–1914). He founded a shipping company at Sandefjord in 1890. Whaling was the foremost business in Sandefjord. ^[4]

Later his cousin, Jacob Egeland (1864-1946) and Johan Bryde raised money to start their first whaling station in Durban. Egeland had arrived in Durban during 1880 and had developed interests in shipping, fishing, timber, and whaling. Their company was named 'The South African Whaling Company'. From 1908 Bryde managed whaling out of Southern Africa. In 1909, Jacob Egeland ended his partnership with Johan Bryde and started the Union Whaling and Fishing Company with another cousin Abraham E. Larsen.^{[1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Bryde is also known as owner of the oil mill Gimle Oljemølle and chemical factory Jotun Kemiske Fabrik at Gimle outside Sandefjord, both of which went bankrupt in 1925. The plants were purchased by Odd Gleditsch, Sr., who founded Jotun Kemiske Fabrik A/S in 1926.^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

See also

• Norwegian South African

Related reading

• Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (2014) Navigating Colonial Orders: Norwegian Entrepreneurship in Africa and Oceania (Berghahn Books)

External links

• Photograph of Johan Bryde

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: 2007. Johan Bryde. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian. 7 July 2009.
2. Web site: Johan Bryde. lokalhistoriewiki.no. July 15, 2016.
3. Web site: Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera edeni. us.whales.org. August 1, 2017.
4. Encyclopedia: 2007. Sandefjord. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 7 July 2009.
5. Web site: The history of whaling in South Africa. Ocean Blue Adventures. November 14, 2014 . July 15, 2016.
6. Web site: Whaling in Durban. fad.co.za. July 15, 2016.
7. Web site: Whaling in Durban . Facts About Durban . Allan Jackson . January 2005. August 1, 2017.
8. Web site: The history of whaling in South Africa. Ocean Blue Adventures . Tilly Boesak . November 14, 2014. August 1, 2017.
9. Web site: Union Whaling Co. Ltd. (A. E. Larsen). wrecksite.eu . Jan Lettens . March 11, 2009. August 1, 2017.
10. Web site: The beginning of the paint business . Jotun. August 1, 2017.
11. Web site: Jotun A/S. Store norske leksikon. August 1, 2017.
12. Web site: Djævleporten og Gimle. Sandefjords Blad. 30 October 2010 . July 15, 2016.
13. Web site: Jotun var historie. jotun.com. July 15, 2016. February 25, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200225062059/https://www.jotun.com/no/no/b2c/about-jotun/about-jotun/jotuns-history.aspx. dead.
14. Encyclopedia: Odd Gleditsch. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Torstein. Bryn. Helle, Knut. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 7 July 2009.