Sigurd Astrup 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...

 businessman and politician for the Conservative Party.

Personal life

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 to wholesaler Harald Astrup (1831–1914) and his wife Johanne Emilie Smith (1836–1915). His brothers were the architects Henning (1864–96) and Thorvald Astrup

Thorvald Astrup

Thorvald Astrup was a Norwegian architect, particularly known for industrial architecture.Born in Oslo , he was educated at Christiania Technical School in 1891-92, and Christiania Fine Art School the following year; he also attended Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg from 1896-97...

 (1876–1940) and the polar explorer Eivind Astrup (1871–95). He was a brother-in-law of fellow conservative politician Peder Andreas Morell. Together with Ingeborg Willumsen (1877–1962) he had the son Harald Astrup

Harald Astrup

Harald Sigurdssøn Astrup was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Kristiania as a son of politician Sigurd Astrup and Ingeborg Willumsen . He was named after his paternal grandfather, and was a nephew of Henning, Eivind and Thorvald Astrup. In 1928 he married Mabel Anette Plathe Butenschøn,...

, who married a sister of Barthold A. Butenschøn, Sr.

Barthold A. Butenschøn, Sr.

Hans Barthold Andresen Butenschøn was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Kristiania as a son of Nils August Andresen Butenschøn and Hanna Butenschøn, and grandson of Nicolay Andresen. Together with Mabel Anette Plahte he had the son Hans Barthold Andresen Butenschøn, Jr...

Career

He attended the private Gjertsen School at St. Olavs plass in Oslo before he travelled to England

England

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 and Belgium

Belgium

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 to study language and business. In 1895, he was appointed office chief of Astrup & Smith, a company founded by his father on 6 August 1857. In 1906, he stepped into the management of the company as a part owner. The company then changed name from Astrup & Smith to Astrup & Søn. Astrup became the sole owner of the company in 1914.

Astrup entered politics in 1925. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1924

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1924

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, and sat through one term, representing the Oslo Conservative Party. Astrup also had positions in parliamentary committees, in Statens metalsentral and in boards of Norwegian corporations. He chaired Standard Norway from 1924 to 1934 and Christiania Søforsikringsselskab from 1932 to 1944, as well as Norsk Spisevognselskap

Norsk Spisevognselskap

Norsk Spisevognselskap A/S, often abbreviated NSS or shortened to Spisevognselskapet, was a Norwegian state enterprise which operated restaurant carriages on Norwegian trains and restaurants at train stations and railway hotels. The company was established in December 1918, and started a catering...

, Grubernes Sprængstoffabriker and Dalen Portland. He was a board member of Norges Handels- og Sjøfartstidende

Dagens Næringsliv

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from 1917 to 1933, Den norske Creditbank

Den norske Creditbank

Den norske Creditbank or DnC is a defunct Norwegian commercial bank created in 1857. In 1990 it merged with Bergen Bank to create Den norske Bank...

 from 1928 to 1944 (deputy chairman since 1932), Storebrand

Storebrand

Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, since 2006, P&C insurance products...

 and Idun

Livsforsikringsselskapet Idun

Livsforsikringsselskapet Idun was a Norwegian insurance company.It was founded in 1861. The first chief executive was Jørgen Gjerdrum. Idun was incorporated into Storebrand in the 1970s....

 from 1931 to 1946, as well as Elektrokemisk

Elkem

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. He died in August 1949, at an age of 76 years.