Eigil Helland-Hansen

Eigil Helland-Hansen
Born(1910-11-05)5 November 1910
Årstad, Bergen, Norway
Died26 April 1997(1997-04-26) (aged 86)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationTravel agent
ChildrenGrete Nash
ParentBjørn Helland-Hansen

Eigil Helland-Hansen (5 November 1910 – 26 April 1997) was a Norwegian travel agent.

He was born in Årstad, Bergen to oceanographer Bjørn Helland-Hansen and Anna Marie Krag, and was the father of ceramist Grete Nash. Helland-Hansen was assigned with the organization Norway Travel Association (Norwegian: Landslaget for reiselivet) from 1934, and from 1940 he was responsible for the periodical Rutebok for Norge, which he edited for about forty years. He edited the magazine Reiseliv i Norge from 1946 to 1959.[1][2]

  1. ^ Welle-Strand, Erling. "Eigil Helland-Hansen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Eigil Helland-Hansen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 30 June 2016.