Edvard Heiberg

{{Short description|Norwegian director and engineer (1911–2000)}} {{Infobox person | name =  | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|06|11|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Oslo]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|06|10|1911|06|11|df=y}} | death_place = Oslo | other_names = | occupation = Engineer | years_active = | employer = [[Holmenkolbanen]], [[Norwegian State Railways]] | organization = [[Norwegian Polytechnic Society]] | known_for = | notable_works = | alma_mater = [[Norwegian Institute of Technology]] | spouse = {{married|Karin Eldrid Heiberg|1937|1992|end=died}} | children = 2 | relatives = {{ubl|[[Axel Heiberg (judge)|Axel Heiberg Jr.]] (brother) |[[Bernt Heiberg]] (brother) }} | awards = Commander of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]], [[Order of the Dannebrog]], [[Order of the Polar Star]] }} '''Edvard Heiberg''' (11 June 1911, in [[Oslo]] – 10 June 2000, in Oslo) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] director and engineer.<ref name=snl/>

== Biography == Heiberg was the youngest son of barrister Axel Heiberg (1875–1952) and his wife Ragnhild Krohg (1879–1947).<ref name=bernt/> He had two brothers, [[Axel Heiberg (judge)|Axel Heiberg Jr.]] (1908–1988) and [[Bernt Heiberg]] (1909–2001).<ref name=heiberg/> In 1937, he married Karin Eldrid Heiberg (1915–92), with whom he had the sons Arvid Heiberg (1937–)<ref name=hvem/><ref name=astrid/> and Henning Heiberg (8 September 1940).

He started studying in 1929, and graduated in 1934 from the [[Norwegian Institute of Technology]] in [[Trondheim]].<ref name=hvem/><ref name=obit/> In 1935, he was employed by the construction company [[Ingeniør F. Selmer|F. Selmer A/S]]. In the same year, he became assisting engineer in the [[Norwegian State Railways]].<ref name=hvem/> From 1937 to 1938, he managed the construction of the [[Sørland Line]], in particular the section from [[Kristiansand Station|Kristiansand]] to [[Moi Station]]. During the 1940s, he had various positions in the state railways. From 1949 to 1953, he headed the operation department of the state railways.<ref name=snl/>

In 1953, he was appointed [[managing director]] of [[Holmenkolbanen]], where he remained until 1967.<ref name=hkb/> He was also chairman of the [[Norwegian Polytechnic Society]] from 1958 to 1959, and chairman of the [[Institute of Transport Economics]] between 1963 and 1970.<ref name=hvem/> After that, he returned to the Norwegian State Railways, where he was appointed [[managing director|director-general]].<ref name=snl/> During his leadership of the company, Heiberg became famous for the phrase "The railway is being strangled by impotent car users".<ref>{{cite news|last=Olsson|first=Terje I.|title=Er Ringeriksbanen glemt?|newspaper=[[Aftenposten]]|date=5 October 2009|page=4|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

Heiberg was the last director-general of the state railways who lived in [[Villa Filipstad|the large director-general house]] of the company at [[Filipstad, Norway|Filipstad]] in Oslo.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hegna|first=Liv|title=Flott villa brukes ikke til bolig|newspaper=[[Aftenposten Aften]]|date=5 March 2001|page=40|language=Norwegian}}</ref> In 1978, he retired from his position in the state railways.<ref name=ntb/> He was the last director-general of the state company who had voluntary resigned from the position.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ystad|first=Vidar|title=Ny bondeson i NSB|newspaper=[[Bergens Tidende]]|date=13 December 2000|page=11|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

In 1972, he was decorated as a Commander of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]].<ref name=hvem/> He was also decorated with the Danish [[Order of the Dannebrog]] and the Swedish [[Order of the Polar Star]].<ref name=obit/> Heiberg died on 10 June 2000 in Oslo, the day before his 89th birthday.<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite news|title=Edvard Heiberg er død|date=13 June 2000|agency=[[Norwegian News Agency]]|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|2|refs=

<ref name=astrid>{{Cite encyclopedia | title = Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg | year = 2001 | last1 = Heløe | first1 = Leif A. | editor = Helle, Knut | editor-link = Knut Helle | url = http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Astrid_N%C3%B8klebye_Heiberg/utdypning | encyclopedia = [[Norsk biografisk leksikon]] | publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget | location = Oslo | language = Norwegian | access-date = 24 March 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=bernt>{{Cite encyclopedia | title = Bernt Heiberg | year = 2001 | last1 = Findal | first1 = Wenche | editor = Helle, Knut | editor-link = Knut Helle | url = http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Bernt_Heiberg/utdypning | encyclopedia = [[Norsk biografisk leksikon]] | publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget | location = Oslo | language = Norwegian | access-date = 9 March 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=heiberg>{{Cite encyclopedia | title = Heiberg | year = 2007 | last1 = Bratberg | first1 = Terje | author-link1 = Terje Bratberg | last2 = Arntzen | first2 = Jon G. | authorlink2 = Jon Gunnar Arntzen | editor = Henriksen, Petter | url = http://www.snl.no/Heiberg | encyclopedia = Store norske leksikon | publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget | location = Oslo | language = Norwegian | access-date = 9 March 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=hkb>{{Cite book | title = Holmenkolbanen 1948–1973 | year = 1973 | publisher = [[A/S Holmenkolbanen]] | author-link = Egil Werner Erichsen | last = Erichsen | first = Egil W. | pages = 27–28 | language = Norwegian}}</ref>

<ref name=hvem>{{Cite encyclopedia | title = Heiberg, Edvard | year = 1973 | encyclopedia = Hvem er hvem? | editor = Steenstrup, Bjørn | url = https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0227.html | publisher = Aschehoug | location = Oslo | page = 227 | language = Norwegian | isbn = 82-03-04887-0 | access-date = 24 March 2011}}</ref>

<ref name=ntb>{{Cite news | title = Edvard Heiberg 85 år 11. juni | agency = [[Norwegian News Agency]] | date = 22 May 1996 | language = Norwegian}}</ref>

<ref name=obit>{{Cite news | last1 = Skuland | first1 = Knut | last2 = Johannessen | first2 = Viggo | author-link2 = Viggo Johannessen | last3 = Olimb | first3 = Erik B. | last4 = Skjeggstad Odd K. | title = Edvard Heiberg - Obituary | newspaper = [[Aftenposten]] | date = 16 June 2000 | page = 15 | language = Norwegian }}</ref>

<ref name=snl>{{Cite encyclopedia | title = Edvard Heiberg | year = 2007 | last = Aspenberg | first = Nils C. | authorlink = Nils Carl Aspenberg | editor = Godal, Anne Marit | url = http://www.snl.no/Edvard_Heiberg | encyclopedia = [[Store norske leksikon]] | publisher = Kunnskapsforlaget | location = Oslo | language = Norwegian | access-date = 9 February 2011}}</ref>

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{{start box}} {{s-bus}} {{Succession box|before=[[Olav Braarud]] |title=Managing director of [[Holmenkolbanen]] |years=1953–1967 |after=[[Per Ulvik]] }} {{Succession box |before=[[H. E. Stokke]] |title=Director-general of the [[Norwegian State Railways]] |years=1967–1978 |after=[[Robert Nordén]]}} {{s-npo}} {{succession box |before=[[Robert Major (Norway)|Robert Major]] |title=Chairman of the [[Norwegian Polytechnic Society]] |after=[[Alf Sanengen]] |years=1958–1960 }} {{s-end}}

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