Einar Arthur Staff (5 November 1889 – 2 February 1972) was a Norwegian wholesaler and sports administrator.
Einar Staff | |
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| Born | Einar Arthur Staff 5 November 1889 Kristiania, Norway |
| Died | 2 February 1972 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Wholesaler |
| Relatives | Kjell Noreik (son-in-law) |
| Awards | Order of St. Olav (1960) |
Personal life
editStaff was born in Kristiania to baker A.L. Staff and Ragnhild Olsen. He married Solveig Bruell in 1927.[1] Their daughter Ragnhild Solveig was married to Kjell Noreik.[2]
Career
editStaff started working in the grocery F.C. Balling in 1906, and became a partner in 1924. He took over as the sole owner of the company from 1925, and the company was renamed "Einar Staff".[1]
He was also an active sports administrator,[3] representing the club Oslo IL, of which he eventually became an honorary member.[1] He was a co-founder and co-owner of the sports magazine Idrætsliv, together with P. Chr. Andersen and Trygve Gulbranssen.[4][5] In 1940, during the German occupation of Norway, Staff was among the pioneers in the development of the Norwegian resistance movement. As chairman of the sports group, he was a board member of what has been called the "Oslo group", or "R-group", along with other people such as newspaper editor Christian A. R. Christensen, trade unionist Lars Evensen, physician Johannes Heimbeck, and military officer John Rognes. He was also part of the initial military resistance (Milorg), as the resistance movement eventually split into civil resistance (Sivorg), military intelligence (XU) and military resistance.[6]
Staff chaired Norges Colonialgrosserer Forening from 1945 to 1951. He was a board member of Oslo Handelsstands Forening from 1945 to 1948, and chairman of the board from 1949 to 1952. He was a board member of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation, and board member of several companies. He was a member of the representative council of the newspaper Morgenbladet, and also of the insurance company Ørnen.[1]
Staff was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1960.[1] He died on 2 February 1972.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1968). "Staff, Einar". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian) (10 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 519.
- ^ Larsen, Øivind. "Kjell Noreik". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Goksøyr, Matti; Olstad, Finn (2017). Skjebnekamp. Norsk idrett under okkupasjonen 1940–1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 49. ISBN 978-82-03-29678-9.
- ^ Jorsett, Per. "P Chr Andersen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Hoel, Tore. "Trygve Gulbranssen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Kjeldstadli, Sverre (1959). Hjemmestyrkene. Hovedtrekk av den militære motstanden under okkupasjonen (in Norwegian). Vol. 1. Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 74–77.
- ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Fortegnelse over personer som siste gang er omtalt i utgaven 1968 med angivelse av deres dødsdatum". Hvem er Hvem? (in Norwegian) (11 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 630. Retrieved 12 June 2019.