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About Edvard Heiberg
- Edvard Heiberg (11 June 1911, in Oslo – 10 June 2000, in Oslo) was a Norwegian director and engineer.Heiberg was the youngest son of barrister Axel Heiberg (1875–1952) and his wife Ragnhild Krohg (1879–1947).
- He had two brothers, Axel Heiberg Jr.
- (1908–1988) and Bernt Heiberg (1909–2001).
- In 1937, he married Karin Eldrid Heiberg (1915–92), with whom he had the sons Arvid Heiberg (1937–).
- and Henning Heiberg (8 September 1940). He started studying in 1929, and graduated in 1934 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim.
- In 1935, he was employed by the construction company F.
- Selmer A/S.
- In the same year, he became assisting engineer in the Norwegian State Railways.
- From 1937 to 1938, he managed the construction of the Sørland Line, in particular the section from 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.In 1953, he was appointed managing director of Holmenkolbanen, where he remained until 1967.
- 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.
- After that, he returned to the Norwegian State Railways, where he was appointed director-general.
- During his leadership of the company, Heiberg became famous for the phrase "The railway is being strangled by impotent car users".Heiberg was the last director-general of the state railways who lived in the large director-general house of the company at Filipstad in Oslo.
- In 1978, he retired from his position in the state railways.
- He was the last director-general of the state company who had voluntary resigned from the position.In 1972, he was decorated as a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.
- Olav.
- He was also decorated with the Danish Order of the Dannebrog and the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.
- Heiberg died on 10 June 2000 in Oslo, the day before his 89th birthday.
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