Roald Dysthe
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Roald Rachlew Dysthe (16 April 1903–28 December 1997[1]) was a Norwegian businessperson and acquitted Nazi collaborator.
He was born in Kristiania[2] as a son of alcohol importer Carl Schøyen Dysthe and Alfhild Dorothea Rachlew Dysthe. He had one older brother, Sven, and the younger siblings Gunnar, Ingeborg and Helge.[3] He finished his secondary education in 1921, and took his education abroad, in commerce, wine and liquor production.[2] He started a business career together with his brother Sven.[4]
From 1928 to 1930 they were involved in a major public case. On 4 May 1928 they wrote a letter to the government, complaining that the state semi-monopoly Vinmonopolet disfavorized their father's wine importing agency Dysthe & Co. A scrutiny commission was set up to review Vinmonopolet's business practice. Vinmonopolet, on the other hand, sued the Dysthe brothers to have the complaints declared null and void, but a year later, in April 1930, Vinmonopolet lost the legal case. The Dysthe brothers' defender was Ole Røed. The case became a major scandal in the media as Vinmonopolet's role was unveiled. The board chairman Hans Halvorsen, who was a brother-in-law of the Prime Minister Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, had to resign together with board member Trygve Wettre and three employees.[5][6]
From the 1930s the brothers were active in the Norwegian-Third Reich friendship society Norsk-Tysk Selskap.[4][7] He worked at McKesson & Robbins.[8] and was a board member of Dysthe & Co.[2]
