Johan Bryde (June 1858 – May 1925) was a Norwegian businessman, ship owner and whaler. He helped establish a whaling station in the Colony of Natal. The Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) is named after him.[1][2][3]
Biography
editBryde was born at Laurvig in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of Johan Maurits Bryde (1830–1899) and Karen Eriksen (1837–1914). He founded a shipping company at Sandefjord in 1890. Whaling was the foremost business in Sandefjord. [4]
Later his cousin, Jacob Egeland (1864-1946) and Johan Bryde raised money to start their first whaling station in Durban. Egeland had arrived in Durban during 1880 and had developed interests in shipping, fishing, timber, and whaling. Their company was named 'The South African Whaling Company'. From 1908 Bryde managed whaling out of Southern Africa. In 1909, Jacob Egeland ended his partnership with Johan Bryde and started the Union Whaling and Fishing Company with another cousin Abraham E. Larsen.[1][5][6][7] [8][9]
Bryde is also known as owner of the oil mill Gimle Oljemølle and chemical factory Jotun Kemiske Fabrik at Gimle outside Sandefjord, both of which went bankrupt in 1925. The plants were purchased by Odd Gleditsch, Sr., who founded Jotun Kemiske Fabrik A/S in 1926.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Johan Bryde". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ "Johan Bryde". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ "Bryde's Whale, Balaenoptera edeni". us.whales.org. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Sandefjord". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
- ^ "The history of whaling in South Africa". Ocean Blue Adventures. November 14, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ "Whaling in Durban". fad.co.za. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ Allan Jackson (January 2005). "Whaling in Durban". Facts About Durban. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ Tilly Boesak (November 14, 2014). "The history of whaling in South Africa". Ocean Blue Adventures. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ Jan Lettens (March 11, 2009). "Union Whaling Co. Ltd. (A. E. Larsen)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ "The beginning of the paint business". Jotun. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ "Jotun A/S". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ "Djævleporten og Gimle" (PDF). Sandefjords Blad. 30 October 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ "Jotun var historie". jotun.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ Bryn, Torstein. "Odd Gleditsch". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
Related reading
edit- Kirsten Alsaker Kjerland, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen (2014) Navigating Colonial Orders: Norwegian Entrepreneurship in Africa and Oceania (Berghahn Books) ISBN 9781782385400
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