Carsten Henrik Bruun (1904)

Carsten Henrik Bruun (7 November 1868 – 16 July 1951) was a Norwegian military officer, sport shooter and businessperson.[1]

He was born in Tønsberg[2] as the second son of ship-owner Carsten Henrik Carstensen Bruun (1828–1907) and Maren Sibylle Bull Foyn (1840–1918). He was an older brother of Svend Foyn Bruun,[3] and as such an uncle of Svend Foyn Bruun Jr.[4] On the paternal side he was a great-grandnephew of founding father Henrik Carstensen,[5] and on the maternal side he was a grandson of Laurentius Føyn Jr, who was a brother of noted whaler Svend Foyn.[3]

He was married to Esther Larsen (1872–1940).[3]

He was a major in the infantry of the Norwegian Army, and served as chief executive officer of Elektricitets-Aktieselskabet AEG,[3] the Norwegian branch of German company Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG).[6] He also had a sporting career. At the age of 43 he participated in the men's trap competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished in joint 27th place.[2] For his achievements he was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Carsten Henrik Bruun Jr". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Carsten Bruun". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Johnsen, Oscar Albert (1945). "Aker". Sem og Slagen. En bygdebok. Vol. 1. Sem: Sem og Slagen bygdebokkomite. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Bull, Francis; Tandberg, Erik; Eskeland, Arnold, eds. (1972). "Bruun, Svend Foyn (jr)". Gyldendals store konversasjonsleksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). Oslo: Gyldendal. p. 2543.
  5. ↑ "Svend Foyn Bruun" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 18 December 2010.
  6. ↑ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "AEG". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
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