Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Norwegian Shipowners' Association   (Trade association)
Formation	15 September 1909
Headquarters	Rådhusgaten 25, Oslo, Norway
Leader	Norwegian Shipowners' Association/President
Member of	European Policy Centre
Membership	•  Hans Otto Meyer •  Nils Astrup •  Eivinn Berg •  Finn Bergesen •  Leif O. Höegh •  Leif Höegh •  Westye Höegh •  Niels Werring •  Per Ditlev-Simonsen •  Otto Grieg Tidemand •  Christian Michelsen •  John Fredriksen

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.

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.

The Association played a vital role in supplying Apartheid South Africa with oil in the 1980s, despite protests from the Norwegian government.

Deep state connections

Full article: Norwegian deep state

• Approximately half of the Norwegian Bilderberg guests since the founding of the conference in 1954 have been members of this exclusive association.

• The association members have given heavy financial support pro-Atlanticist (pro-NATO) parties, politicians and movements. They have ownership interests in several media, and have started their own press outlets (aldrimer.no) when the MSM were not sufficiently eager.

Operation Gladio

Full article: Operation Gladio

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 was later reportedly merged with government efforts. 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.

Quote

Q: It is strange to think that shipowners ruled this country at the turn of the century.

Fredriksen: "By the end of the century shipowners will again rule the country, of that I am convinced. You just wait and see.

 Shipowner John Fredriksen, 1990 (fortune US$4 billion) 

 

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

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