Gunnar Schjelderup

Gunnar Schjelderup (5 April 1895 – 6 March 1972) was a Norwegian businessperson.

He was born in Christiania,[1] and was the brother of judge Ferdinand Schjelderup.

[2] He was a son of Thorleif Frederik Schjelderup, nephew of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne and uncle of ski jumper Thorleif Schjelderup.

In 1926 he took over as CEO of iron- and steelware factory Christiania Spigerverk,[2] where his father had been co-owner.

[4] In April 1940, following the German invasion of Norway and the Vidkun Quisling coup d'etat, Gunnar Schjelderup and others contacted the Supreme Court to establish a civil administrative council, Administrasjonsrådet, to normalize working life as soon as possible.