Torrey Mosvold

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Torrey Josef Mosvold (9 July 1910 – 18 October 1995) was one of Norway's leading shipping and industrial entrepreneurs.

Torrey Josef Mosvold was born in Farsund in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Nils Martin Mosvold (1876-1956) who founded the Mosvold Shipping Group in 1910. Torrey married Gudny Langeland and they had 6 children. Gudny died in 1954. After Martin Mosvold died 1956, the original company interests were split between his sons.[1]

Torrey Mosvold was director of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association (Norges Rederiforbund) as well as several companies associated with Mosvold Shipping Group. He was a member of the national board of the Mission Covenant Church of Norway. He was a patron of the Mosvold Hospital in Ingwavuma, Republic of South Africa. He was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1971.[2]

Torrey Mosvold has 31 grandchildren.

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