Statens metalcentral

Statens metalcentral (the Metal Central of the State) was a distribution organization in Norway.

It was created by Royal Resolution (i.e. by the King in Council) on 15 February 1918,[1] as Norway faced the First World War's hardships of industrial import and export. It was to distribute metals except for steel and iron, mostly copper.[2] It was subordinate to the Ministry of Industrial Provisioning.[3] Chairman of the organization was Sigurd Astrup.[4] The other members were Per Kure, T. Norberg-Schulz, Alf Tjersland, Holm Holmsen, Per Mortensen and lastly the state's representative, Colonel W. H. Færden.[2]

It was discontinued on 5 March 1920.[1] It was the last of the Ministry of Industrial Provisioning's industrial centrals created during the war.[3] The Ministry of Industrial Provisioning was itself closed later in 1920.

  1. ^ a b "Arkivskaper: Statens metallsentral" (in Norwegian). National Archival Services of Norway. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b "En kobbercentral". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 15 February 1918. p. 2.
  3. ^ a b "Den sidste industricentral ophævet". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 6 March 1920. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Biografier 1905-1945: Sigurd Astrup" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 31 May 2011.