Reidar Smestad

Reidar Smestad, born 8 May 1888, was a Norwegian Industrialist, son of Carl Smestad and grandson of Jacob Olssøn Smestad.[1][2]

After studying mining engineering at Heidelberg University[3], he built up a mining company with assets such as the Soapstone mining facilities in Kvam which were later acquired by Norsk Hydro and AS Granitt, as well as the Soapstone facilities in Lalm.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://schyberg.net/Gedi_ole/en/Gedi0008.html#I393
  2. ↑ http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/ft/person/pf01036384001582
  3. ↑ Digitalarkivet. "Reidar Smestad - Folketelling 1910 for 0233 Nittedal herred - Digitalarkivet - Arkivverket". digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  4. ↑ http://fronhistorielag.com/2013/10/03/kleberstein-i-kvam/
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