Eigil Helland-Hansen

Eigil Helland-Hansen
Born (1910-11-05)5 November 1910
Årstad, Bergen, Norway
Died 26 April 1997(1997-04-26) (aged 86)
Nationality Norwegian
Occupation Travel agent
Children Grete Nash
Parent(s) Bjørn Helland-Hansen

Eigil Helland-Hansen (5 November 1910 26 April 1997) was a Norwegian travel agent.

He was born in Årstad, Bergen to oceanographer Bjørn Helland-Hansen and Anna Marie Krag, and was the father of ceramist Grete Nash. Helland-Hansen was assigned with the organization Norway Travel Association (Norwegian: Landslaget for reiselivet) from 1934, and from 1940 he was responsible for the periodical Rutebok for Norge, which he edited for about forty years. He edited the magazine Reiseliv i Norge from 1946 to 1959.[1][2]

References

  1. Welle-Strand, Erling. "Eigil Helland-Hansen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Eigil Helland-Hansen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


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