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|description=Danish Bilderberger businessman
 
|spouses=Lise Scherfig
 
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|children=Vibeke Wrede,Christian Scherfig,Lone Scherfig
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|realtives=Hans Scherfig
 
|birth_date=22 December 1930
 
|birth_date=22 December 1930
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|birth_name=Ole Jensen
 
|birth_place=Østervrå, Denmark
 
|birth_place=Østervrå, Denmark
 
|death_date=2 April 2000
 
|death_date=2 April 2000
 
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|description=As Chairman of the mother company. Attended [[Bilderberg/1990]].
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}}'''Ole Scherfig''' was a Danish business executive<ref>https://www.information.dk/2000/10/verden-ifoelge-jernkansleren</ref><ref>https://www.bt.dk/nyheder/direktoer-ole-scherfig-er-doed</ref>. He attended the [[1990 Bilderberg conference]] as a media executive for ''[[Berlingske Tidende]]''.
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==Family==
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Ole Scherfig was the son of chool administrator Harald Jensen and wife Ingeborg. His uncle was the writer [[Hans Scherfig]].<ref name=grav/>
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He was married to [[Lise Scherfig]], with whom he had the children Vibeke Wrede, Lone Scherfig and [[Christian Scherfig]].<ref name=grav/>
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==Career==
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As a law student, he became active in [[Denmark's International Student Committee]]<ref>https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Danmarks_Internationale_Studenterkomit%C3%A9</ref> (DIS), where in the post-war period he met the later business leaders [[Poul Svanholm]] and [[Olav Grue]]. Scherfig did not complete his studies, but instead became managing director of DIS 1960-72.<ref name=grav>https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=olescherfig</ref>
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Then Svanholm brought him to [[Carlsberg]]. Scherfig had just been appointed Group CEO of Carlsberg when he, together with Grue and [[Kristian Mogensen]], set out to save the newspaper ''[[Berlingske Tidende]]'', which was in deep crisis (1982). However, he suffered a [[blood clot]] and had to give up the director position. After a heart operation, he continued as chairman of the parent media corporation for ''Berlingske Tidende''.<ref name=grav/>
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Later he was also tasked as chairman of the board to steer the Mortgage Bank BRFkredit out of a crisis in the early [[1990s]] and also held board positions in [[Novo Nordisk]] and the Great Belt Bridge corporation. He was a [[knight of the Dannebrog]].<ref name=grav/>
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Latest revision as of 06:03, 27 September 2024

Person.png Ole Scherfig   WikidataRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(executive)
Ole scherfig.jpg
BornOle Jensen
22 December 1930
Østervrå, Denmark
Died2 April 2000 (Age 69)
NationalityDanish
Children • Vibeke Wrede
• Christian Scherfig
• Lone Scherfig
SpouseLise Scherfig
Danish Bilderberger businessman

Employment.png Chairman of the board

In office
1982 - 1999
EmployerBerlingske Tidende,  Weekendavisen
As Chairman of the mother company. Attended Bilderberg/1990.

Ole Scherfig was a Danish business executive[1][2]. He attended the 1990 Bilderberg conference as a media executive for Berlingske Tidende.

Family

Ole Scherfig was the son of chool administrator Harald Jensen and wife Ingeborg. His uncle was the writer Hans Scherfig.[3]

He was married to Lise Scherfig, with whom he had the children Vibeke Wrede, Lone Scherfig and Christian Scherfig.[3]

Career

As a law student, he became active in Denmark's International Student Committee[4] (DIS), where in the post-war period he met the later business leaders Poul Svanholm and Olav Grue. Scherfig did not complete his studies, but instead became managing director of DIS 1960-72.[3]

Then Svanholm brought him to Carlsberg. Scherfig had just been appointed Group CEO of Carlsberg when he, together with Grue and Kristian Mogensen, set out to save the newspaper Berlingske Tidende, which was in deep crisis (1982). However, he suffered a blood clot and had to give up the director position. After a heart operation, he continued as chairman of the parent media corporation for Berlingske Tidende.[3]

Later he was also tasked as chairman of the board to steer the Mortgage Bank BRFkredit out of a crisis in the early 1990s and also held board positions in Novo Nordisk and the Great Belt Bridge corporation. He was a knight of the Dannebrog.[3]


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199010 May 199013 May 1990New York
US
Glen Cove
38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
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