Niels Onstad

Niels Onstad (1909 -17 June 1978) was a Norwegian shipowner and art collector.^[1]

Niels Onstad as born in Kristiania. In 1935, together with his brother Haakon Onstad, he started the shipping company, Niels Onstad Tank Rederi A / S, which later was named Niels Onstads Tankrederi with headquarters in Oslo. Haakon Onstad had entered ship owning in 1932 with the Pan Gothia but because of the uncertain financial times the ship was given Swedish registry under Rederi A/B Pagota. In 1940, Niels Onstad fled to the United States during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Haakon Onstad relocated to Kungsbacka, Sweden where he formed Rederi A/B Kungsoil and Rederi A/B Monacus. ^[2][3]

In 1956 Niels Onstad married Sonja Henie. Niels Onstad, whose mother had been a painter, had many contacts in the Norwegian art world, including the Edvard Munch. Together Onstad and Henie established the Henie-Onstad Art Centre at Høvikodden in Bærum southwest of Oslo.^{[4] [5]}

References

1. ^ Niels Onstad (St. Petersburg Times - Jun 20, 1978)
2. ^ Haakon Onstad. Rederiaktiebolaget Kungsoil, Kungsbacka, Sweden (House flags of Swedish Shipping Companies)
3. ^ Haakon Onstad (Onstad Rederierna. Red Ab Kungsoil – Red Ab Monacus)
4. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Niels Onstad" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Niels_Onstad. Retrieved 1 August 2010. 
5. ^ Henie-Onstad Art Centre (Norway Cultural Profiles ProjectCultural Profile)

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Name	Onstad, Niels
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Date of birth	1909
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Date of death	1978
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