. the torvald klaveness group is a norwegian shipping company founded in 1946 . klaveness marine was demerged from it in 2011 . history edit the company was founded by torvald faye klaveness in 1946 who served as the company s president and chief executive officer until 1989 . he was succeeded by his son tom erik klaveness who was later succeeded by another of torvald s sons trond harald klaveness in 2006 . 1 2 3 by the early 2000s the company owned a fleet of almost 150 bulk cargo vessels . 4 in 2011 the two klaveness brothers decided to demerge the holding and real estate division forming klaveness marine with tom erik klaveness as majority owner . trond harald klaveness continued in the torvald klaveness group which remained a shipping company but now as president whereas lasse kristoffersen became the new chief executive . 5 references edit kolltveit b rd. torvald klaveness . in helle knut . norsk biografisk leksikon in norwegian . oslo kunnskapsforlaget . retrieved 29 april 2014 . history . torvald klaveness group . retrieved 29 april 2014 . history . klaveness marine . retrieved 29 april 2014 . torvald klaveness gruppen . store norske leksikon in norwegian . retrieved 29 april 2014 . s grov bj rn 13 september 2011 . delte broderlig . dagens n ringsliv in norwegian . p. 21 . external links official site official site klaveness marine this norwegian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title torvald klaveness group & oldid 610987505 categories shipping companies of norwaycompanies established in 19461946 establishments in norwaycompanies based in oslonorwegian company stubshidden categories cs1 norwegian language sources no all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 31 may 2014 at 21 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view