Anders Løwlie
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Anders Løwlie | |
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Born | Romedal, Norway | 6 April 1843
Died | 9 March 1924 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Occupation(s) | Businessman Sports official |
Awards | Order of St. Olav |
Anders Jensen Løwlie (6 April 1843 – 9 March 1924) was a Norwegian businessman and sports official.
Løwlie was born in Romedal to farmer and blacksmith Jens Helgesen Løvlien and Randi Olsdatter Skee, and married Oline Augusta Jacobsen in 1877. He was manager of the distillery Løiten Brænderi from 1865, and of Kristiania Brændevinssamlag from 1886.[1] Løwlie played a central role in development of the recipe for Løiten Akvavit, based on caraway from Dovre.[2]
From 1887 to 1892 he chaired the sports association Centralforeningen for utbredelse af idræt. [3]
He was a decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1901. He died in Oslo in 1924.[1]
References
- ^ a b Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 327.
- ^ "Karve, Løwlie og etablering i Hovedstaden" (in Norwegian). Løiten Brænderi. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ Nordahl, Gunnar (1961). "Pionértiden – "Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug 1861-1893". In Nordahl, Gunnar; Tyrihjell, Odd (eds.). Norsk idrett gjennom hundre år. 1861–1961. Aschehoug. pp. 46, 55.
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