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Bjørn Lyng is a Norwegian businessman who has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion. He is the founder and chairman of Lyng Group, a Norwegian conglomerate that owns and operates a variety of businesses in the energy, shipping, and real estate sectors. Lyng was born in 1926 in Hurum, Norway. He attended the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and graduated with a degree in economics in 1950. After graduation, he worked as a financial analyst for the Norwegian government before founding Lyng Group in 1954. Lyng Group has grown to become one of the largest companies in Norway, with operations in more than 20 countries. The company is involved in a variety of industries, including energy, shipping, and real estate. Lyng is also the chairman of the board of directors of the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil. In addition to his business interests, Lyng is also a philanthropist. He has donated millions of dollars to various charities and causes, including the Norwegian Red Cross and the Norwegian Cancer Society. He is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

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Occupation Businessman
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 8 July 1926
Birthday 8 July
Birthplace Hurum in Buskerud, Norway
Date of death (2006-10-12) Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
Died Place Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands
Nationality Norway

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Bjørn Lyng Net Worth

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1985

He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1985, and was an honorary citizen of the Canary Islands.

1947

In 1947 he established Mekaniske Verksted, an iron foundry in Vanvikan and Trøndelag Emaljeverk in Rissa. In 1968, he started Lyng Industrier AS, a plastic pipe factory in Leksvik. He started Elsafe International in 1978 at Mosvik which eventually merged with VingCard to form VingCard Elsafe (now part of Assa Abloy). Lyng Electronics was founded in 1985 at Leksvik, but later moved to Vanvikan. In 1988, he founded the Anfi Group which developed the resorts Anfi del Mar and Anfi Tauro Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.

1925

Bjørn Lyng (8 July 1925 – 12 October 2006) was a Norwegian businessman, investor and industrialist. He was the founder of Lyng Gruppen AS, a holding company with over twenty subsidiaries. He is also associated with his development of vacation resorts located in Arguineguín along the south coast of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.

1877

He was born at Hurum in Buskerud and grew up at Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag. He was the son of farmer Hagbart Hartmann Lyng (1877- 1961) and nurse Helene Charlotte Steffens (1897-1960). He was a cousin of Norwegian Prime Minister John Lyng and of ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl. During the German occupation of Norway he joined the resistance movement, and was arrested in 1944 and incarcerated at Vollan, Falstad and Grini. Both his parents were also imprisoned by the Nazis and held at Falstad for almost a year.