Schou (Norwegian family)

Hjula Væverier, established by Halvor Schou

Schou is a Danish-origined Norwegian family. Christian Julius Schou became owner of the major brewery Schous Bryggeri, which was owned by the family from 1821 to 1898. His son Halvor Schou became a leading industrialist and established Hjula Væverier, Norway's largest industrial company at the time. He also inherited Schous Bryggeri which had around thousand employees at that point in 1874. In 1855, he bought the farm Sinsen and in the 1860s also the farm Løkenes in Aker, where he built the Esviken villa, designed by Wilhelm von Hanno. His daughter Birgitte Halvordine Schou was married to industrialist Einar Westye Egeberg, and their daughter Hermine (1881–1974) married Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg.

References

• Haagen Krog Steffens: Norske Slægter 1912, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kristiania 1911