1. Rolf Kristian Eckersberg Stenersen was a Norwegian businessman, non-fiction writer, essayist, novelist, playwright and biographer.
16 Facts About Rolf Stenersen
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Rolf Stenersen was a track and field athlete and art collector.
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Rolf Stenersen graduated from Kristiania Commerce School in 1918, and studied at Queen's College, Oxford, from 1922 to 1924.
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Rolf Stenersen was a Norwegian champion in 200 metres in 1919 and 1920, and in 4 x 100 metres relay in 1920.
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Rolf Stenersen participated at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where he competed in 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.
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Rolf Stenersen was active on the stock market already as a teenager.
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Rolf Stenersen was a friend of painter Edvard Munch from the 1920s, and came to be Munch's financial advisor.
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Rolf Stenersen was a collector of his art work, and had one of the largest private collections of Munch's works.
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Rolf Stenersen wrote essays on artists such as Edvard Munch, Erik Harry Johannessen, Jakob Weidemann and Paul Klee.
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Rolf Stenersen published books on economy, including Penger og tall from 1937.
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Rolf Stenersen donated his collection of Norwegian art to the municipality of Aker in 1936.
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Rolf Stenersen's books were forbidden by the Nazi regime in 1941, and Stenersen had to flee to Sweden.
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Villa Rolf Stenersen was designed as their residence by architect Arne Korsmo.
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Rolf Stenersen was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav in 1953, and as a Commander in 1974.
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Rolf Stenersen died at Bergen in 1978 and was buried in the cemetery at Ris Church in Oslo.
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Rolf Stenersen donated Villa Stenersen to the State of Norway as an official residence.