Torrey Mosvold

Norwegian businessman

Torrey Mosvold
Torrey Mosvold
Born	(1910-07-09)9 July 1910 Farsund, Norway
Died	18 October 1995(1995-10-18) (aged 85) Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Shipowner

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 of several companies with which Mosvold Shipping Group was associated. 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, in the Republic of South Africa. He was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1971.^[2]

Torrey Mosvold has 31 grandchildren.

References

^ History (Glastad Holding AS)
^ Mosvold: A Norwegian Name for Quality in Ethiopia (Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa) Archived 2011-05-03 at the Wayback Machine