Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen | |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1906 |
Birth Place: | Oslo, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Ship owner |
Children: | Per Ditlev-Simonsen |
Parents: | Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen |
Sverre Ditlev-Simonsen (21 May 1906 - 1 February 2004) was a Norwegian ship owner.
He was born in Oslo to Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen and Magdalena Pedersen, and married Lily Kaurin in 1907.[1] They had the son Per Ditlev-Simonsen.[2]
From 1929 Ditlev-Simonsen ran his own shipping business. He was active in organizational work, and assumed various positions in the Norwegian Shipowners' Association for more than twenty years. He was a board member of the Norwegian Maritime Museum from 1955, and chairman from 1964. He was decorated Commander of the Swedish Order of Vasa.
Ditlev-Simonsen was an active bandy player, a three times Norwegian champion.