Johan Bryde was a Norwegian ship-owner, whaler and businessperson. Bryde's whale

Bryde's Whale

Bryde's whales are baleen whales, one of the "great whales" or rorquals. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whales in their family frequent. They are largely coastal rather than pelagic. Bryde's whales are very similar in appearance to sei whales and almost as...

 is named after him.

He was born in Laurvig

Larvik

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2....

. He founded a shipping company in Sandefjord

Sandefjord

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838...

 in 1890. Whaling was the foremost business in Sandefjord, and from 1908 Bryde managed whaling out of Southern Africa

Southern Africa

Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...

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Bryde is also known as owner of the factories Gimle Oljemølle and Jotun. Both went bankrupt in 1925. Jotun was famously resurrected by townsfellow Odd Gleditsch, Sr

Odd Gleditsch, Sr.

Odd Gleditsch, Sr. was a Norwegian business entrepreneur. The founder of the paint company Jotun, he began as a paint distributor but then turned to manufacturing the paint himself. He was CEO of the company from 1926 to 1967.-Personal life:He was born in Sandefjord as a son of whaler Einar S...

, who founded Jotun Kemiske Fabrik

Jotun (company)

Jotun A/S is one of the world's leading producers of paints, coatings and powder coatings. The group has 70 companies and 38 production facilities on all continents. In addition, Jotun has agents, branch offices and distributors in more than 80 countries...

in 1926. Bryde died in 1925.