portrait of man facing left
Finn Sejersted, around 1898.

Finn Sejersted (3 August 1868 – 22 January 1914) was a Norwegian director and railway engineer.

He was born in Trondheim, Nord-Trøndelag in 1868, and studied at Trondhjems tekniske Skole ("Trondheim School of Technology") between 1887 and 1890.[1] After he finished studying, he was hired by the Norwegian State Railways, where he worked as an installation director of the Solør, Sætesdal and Gjøvik Lines.[1]

In 1897, Sejersted became managing director of Holmenkolbanen, at an age of 29 years.[1] He succeeded Albert Fenger-Krog, and was the acting director when Holmenkolbanen opened the Holmenkoll Line in 1898.[1]

Following the 1912 Valkyrie plass tunnel collapse, Sejersted became depressed of the criticism he received, and died aged 46, on 22 January 1914.[1] He was succeeded by Tobias Bernhoft.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Werner Erichsen, Egil (1948). Holmenkolbanen gjennom 50 år (in Norwegian). Oslo: A/S Holmenkolbanen. pp. 113–5.
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