Halvor Schou

Halvor Arntzen Schou (11 May 1823 – 5 February 1879) was a Norwegian industrialist.

He was a son of Christian Schou (1792–1874) and Birgitte Halvordine Ramm (1796–1877).

[3] [4] [5] By 1841, the United Kingdom began exporting steam engines and weaving machines.

Schou founded the weaving mill Hjula Væveri (built from 1854 to 1856), which exploited the waterfall Hjulafossen on the Akerselva.

At the end of the 1860s, the couple established residence at Løkenes outside Vettre in Asker.