Norwegian Shipowners' Association
 Norwegian Shipowners' Association  (Trade association)    | |
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| Headquarters | Rådhusgaten 25, Oslo, Norway |
| Member of | European Policy Centre |
The Norwegian Shipowners' Association (Norwegian: Norges Rederiforbund) is an employers' organization and interest group for Norwegian shipping and offshore companies, where Norway is a significant player. The Norwegian Shipowners' Association has approximately 160 members, who are among the most influential persons in the country behind the scene.
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Background
The organization was founded on 15 September 1909, under the name The Norwegian Shipowner Association, and changed to its current name in 1984. The Association's first president was Christian Michelsen, independent Norway's first prime minister and shipowner.
Norway has long played an important role in international shipping industry. Through their interest in world trade, the shipowners developed close ties, both economic and ideological, to the business center of London, and later to the US.
The organization played an important role in the negotiation of shipping contracts with the United Kingdom in World War and World War II and several of the association's members were driving force in the organization of the Nortraship, the management company for the Norwegian merchant fleet outside German control when the country was occupied.
Some shipowners collaborated with the German authorities, but most chose the British side.
After WW2, the association has closely identified with free trade and UK/US interests.
Deep state connections
- Approximately half of the Norwegian Bilderberg participants since the founding of the conference in 1954 have been members of this exclusive association.
- The Norwegian stay behind network ([[Gladio}}) was originally set up as an informal network by some shipowners and their business associates in 1946, to monitor political opponents and prepare armed actions. The network later merged with government efforts.
- The association members have heavily financially supported pro-Atlanticist parties and movements.
- During a police raid in 1978, a large cache of weapons and explosives, part of the Stay Behind network, was found in a secret basement under the house of shipowner Hans Otto Meyer.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Olsen | Board Member | 1931 | 1959 | Also secret leader of the militia Samfundsvernet |
Known members
13 of the 18 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Nils Astrup | Norwegian shipowner who headed the Norwegian Shipowners' Association. Close friend of the Norwegian royal family. |
| Eivinn Berg | Possible deep state operative, attended the 1985 Bilderberg as Permanent Representative of Norway to NATO. Died in a car crash |
| Finn Bergesen | Norwegian deep state connected businessman |
| Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen | |
| Per Ditlev-Simonsen | Mayor of Oslo who resigned after revelations about his Swiss bank account. |
| Leif Ø. Høegh | Third generation Bilderberg member |
| Leif Høegh | Bilderberg Steering committee, as was his son |
| Westye Høegh | President of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Bilderberg Steering committee |
| Anders Jahre | Norwegian shipping magnate who owned the hotel where the 1982 Bilderberg was held. |
| Hans Otto Meyer | Spooky Norwegian businessman and ship owner whose house was found to have a secret Gladio arms cache in 1978. |
| Christian Michelsen | Norwegian shipping magnate and the first Prime Minister of Norway |
| Otto Tidemand | Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Bilderberg Steering committee, ... |
| Niels Werring | 14 times Bilderberger Norwegian ship owner |
