Per Ditlev-Simonsen

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Person.png Per Ditlev-Simonsen  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Shipping magnate, deep state operative?)
Per Ditlev-Simonsen.jpg
Born1932-06-12
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materStanford University
ChildrenCecilie Ditlev-Simonsen
Member ofNorwegian Shipowners' Association
PartyConservative Party (Norway)
Relatives • Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
• Sr
• Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen
• Jr
• John Ditlev-Simonsen
Mayor of Oslo who resigned after revelations about his Swiss bank account.

Employment.png Mayor of Oslo

In office
17 October 1995 - 29 August 2007

Employment.png Norwegian Minister of Defence

In office
16 October 1989 - 3 November 1990
Attended the 1990 Bilderberg in May

Per Ditlev-Simonsen is a former Mayor of Oslo who resigned after revelations about his Swiss bank account.

Background

The family shipping company owned a part of the spy ship Eger jointly with the Norwegian Intelligence Service from 1956.[1] The company also in all likelihood participated in the Definus espionage operation, where officers and seamen in the Norwegian merchant fleet, then one of the largest in the world, were employed as spies against Communist countries.[2]

Swiss bank account tax probe

In August 2007, the presence of a hitherto unknown Swiss bank account was revealed[By whom?]. The revelation came after an acrimonious divorce involving his daughter, Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen, the communications director of Norsk Hydro.[3] The account, which contained NOK 1.5 million had been inherited by Ditlev-Simonsen after his wife died in 1990, and he eventually admitted to not having paid the Norwegian wealth tax on it.[4]

The revelation caused several opposition politicians to call for Ditlev-Simonsen's resignation. Erna Solberg, the head of the Norwegian Conservative Party, asked that Ditlev-Simonsen refrain from active campaigning for his party ahead of the local elections scheduled for 10 September. Even if he had not resigned, the 75-year-old Ditlev-Simonsen was set to retire after the election.[5] The incident was believed to have contributed to the Norwegian Conservative's 4 percent drop in opinion polls, three weeks ahead of the election.[6]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/199010 May 199013 May 1990New York
US
Glen Cove
38th Bilderberg meeting, 119 guests
Bilderberg/19916 June 19919 June 1991Germany
Baden-Baden
Steigenberger Hotel Badischer Hof
The 39th Bilderberg, 114 guests
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