Per Ditlev-Simonsen
| Per Ditlev-Simonsen link (Shipping magnate, deep state operative?) | |
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| Born | 12 June 1932 Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Children | Cecilie Ditlev-Simonsen |
| Party | Conservative 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. | |
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]
References
- ↑ Chr. Christensen Vår Hemmelige Beredskap - Historien on M.M., page 145
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-11-20-mn-579-story.html
- ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1943016.ece
- ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1947969.ece
- ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1947232.ece
- ↑ http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1951245.ece