Anton Barth von der Lippe (8 October 1886–1960) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 whaler.

He was born in Tjøme

Tjøme

Tjøme is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tjøme. The parish of Tjømø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 .-Name:...

 as a son of dean

Dean (religion)

A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...

 Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe (1838–1915) and his third wife. His father's second wife had the son Jakob von der Lippe

Jakob von der Lippe

Jakob von der Lippe was a Norwegian admiral.He was born in Fjell. He was a grandson of bishop Jacob von der Lippe and a son of dean Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe . Through his uncle Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe he was a first cousin once removed of Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von...

, who was Anton's half-brother. Anton was also a grandson of bishop Jacob von der Lippe, nephew of Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe

Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe

Conrad Fredrik "Fritz" von der Lippe was a Norwegian architect.He was born in Christianssand as a son of bishop Jacob von der Lippe, a grandfather of the three brothers Frits von der Lippe, Just Lippe and Jens von der Lippe, and uncle of the half-brothers, admiral Jakob von der Lippe and whaler...

 and first cousin once removed of Frits von der Lippe

Frits von der Lippe

Frits von der Lippe was a Norwegian journalist and theatre director. He was the first theatre director for Riksteatret, and had this position for twenty years, from 1949 to 1968. He was awarded the Arts Council Norway Honorary Award in 1968 for his contributions to Norwegian culture...

, Just Lippe

Just Lippe

Just Lippe was a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Communist Party he was also a strong campaigner for the Homosexual Allegiance, a Homosexual activist group, co-founding his own break away often labelled "renegade group" Men in Arms....

 and Jens von der Lippe.

He established his own shipping company in 1915, and was particularly engaged in whaling

Whaling

Whaling is the hunting of whales mainly for meat and oil. Its earliest forms date to at least 3000 BC. Various coastal communities have long histories of sustenance whaling and harvesting beached whales...

. Between 1919 and 1945 he cooperated closely with Svend Foyn Bruun

Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr.

Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. was a Norwegian naval officer, ship-owner and whaler, and politician for the Conservative Party. He ran the company Bruun & von der Lippe from 1919 to 1945, co-founded Kosmos and was a four term member of the Parliament of Norway.-Personal life:He was born in Tønsberg as a...

. Lippe, Bruun and Anders Jahre

Anders Jahre

Anders August Jahre was a Norwegian shipping magnate. Jahre was educated in law, and worked as a lawyer in Sandefjord from 1916 until 1928. Meanwhile he was also involved in the whaling industry, and he founded the whaling company A/S Kosmos in 1928, operating out of Sandefjord...

 together founded the three whaling companies Antarctic, Globus and Kosmos in 1928. He died in 1960.