Trygve Stangeland

Trygve Stangeland (13 November 1934 – 18 June 2011) was a Norwegian businessperson.

He was born in Sola, and founded the construction company Stangeland Gruppen in 1959.[1][2] The company had a turnover of 1.5 billion kr in 2008,[3] and Stangeland himself has a fortune of NOK 402 million, about US$70 million.[4]

He resided in Tjelta.[1] His son Olav Stangeland is the director of Stangeland Gruppen's daughter company, T. Stangeland Maskin.[5]

On 17 June 2011 he was involved in a bicycle accident near the airport hotel at Stavanger Airport, Sola, and sustained a severe head trauma. The injury claimed his life; he died on Stavanger University Hospital in the afternoon the next day.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trygve Stangeland 70 år 13. november" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 22 October 2004.
  2. ^ "Stangeland Gruppen" (in Norwegian). Stangeland Gruppen. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  3. ^ Gregersen, Ann-Mari (29 April 2009). "Satser hardt på HMS". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian).
  4. ^ "Trygve Stangeland (1934) - Skattelister 2008" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  5. ^ Andersen, Anders (18 November 2005). "Olav Stangeland 50 år". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ "Trygve Stangeland alvorlig skadd i sykkelulykke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Entreprenøren Trygve Stangeland er død" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 19 June 2011.
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