Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun
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Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun | |
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| Minister of Trade | |
| In office 21 June 1920 – 22 June 1921 | |
| Prime Minister | Otto B. Halvorsen |
| Preceded by | Birger Stuevold-Hansen |
| Succeeded by | J. L. Mowinckel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1873 |
| Died | 17 April 1945 (aged 72) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Children | Gerda "Pytt" Geddes |
Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun (3 February 1873 – 17 April 1945) was a Norwegian industrialist and a politician for the Conservative Party. The son of factory owner Engelbrekt Christen Bruun (1839-1913), he took over his father's business in 1897.[1] He entered politics shortly after this, and served as deputy mayor and later mayor of Årstad Municipality from 1901 to 1915. In 1919, Bruun was elected to the Norwegian parliament for a three-year period.[1] He was then appointed Minister of Trade in the cabinet of Otto Bahr Halvorsen, lasting from 1920 to 1921.[2]
Bruun owned the property "Villa Solhaug" in Leapark at Minde until shipowner Erik Grant Lea took over the property in 1915.[3] In 1922 he built Storhaugen at Kirkeveien 62 in Paradise Bergen, after architect Ole Landmarks' drawings.[4]
