Niels Onstad

Collector

Male

Born 1909

Died 1978

Niels Onstad was a Norwegian shipowner and art collector. Niels Onstad as born in Kristiania. In 1935, together with his brother Haakon Onstad, he started the shipping company, Niels Onstad Tank Rederi A / S, which later was named Niels Onstads Tankrederi… Read More

Romance

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Sonja Henie
Married 1956

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Paid Notice: Deaths Talley, Astrid Onstad
NYTimes - Sep 17, 2003

TALLEY -- Astrid Onstad. Died peacefully on September 15, 2003 in Palm Beach, FL. Loving wife of John J. Talley. Mother of Christine Moseley, Kari Talley and the late Elizabeth and Mary Jane Moseley. Step sister of Bradley Goodyear Smith, L.R. Gwynn and Richard Bacon. Daughter of the late Niels Onstad and step daughter of film star, Sonja Henie.
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Cultural Highlights
NYTimes - Oct 18, 1987

LEAD: The cultural highlights in Europe this fall and winter range from the opening of a new Chinese Export gallery in London to a dance festival in Paris and carnival in Venice. The listing is based on information from New York Times bureaus in London, Paris, Rome, Bonn and Madrid. Dollar figures are approximate. The cultural highlights in Europe
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Art: Seven Sculptors At Penn Plaza
NYTimes - Jun 15, 1984

ONCE an integral part of architecture, art has been its barely tolerated guest during the reign of the International style. The corporate clients of architects are getting ever more active as collectors of art, but the sculpture that often stands outside their buildings remains an accessory - a giveaway strapped to the side of the main product. A
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What's Doing In Oslo
NYTimes - Jun 03, 1984

BARNABY J. FEDER is a Times correspondent based in London. Although Oslo, with a population of 450,000, is one of the smallest capitals in Europe, the city's 900-year history as a center of Norwegian heritage has provided a rich bounty for visitors. One could spend the better part of a week visiting museums alone. Moreover, Oslo is entrancingly
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1909 Birth Born in 1909.

TWENTIES

1932 23 Years Old Haakon Onstad had entered ship owning in 1932 with the Pan Gothia but because of the uncertain financial times the ship was given Swedish registry under Rederi A/B Pagota.

THIRTIES

1940 31 Years Old In 1940, Niels Onstad fled to the United States during the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. … Read More

FORTIES

1956 47 Years Old In 1956 Niels Onstad married Sonja Henie. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1978 69 Years Old Died in 1978.

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