Leif Høegh

He was the son of Nils Vogt Petersen (1852-1927) and Elise Olsen (1864-1952) He grew up in the neighborhood of Frogner where his father was employed by Westye Egeberg & Co.

[2] Høegh ordered his first ship in 1927 and developed an enterprise with a leading position in the global maritime transportation sector.

At the time of the Norwegian invasion by Nazi Germany on April 9, 1940, the entire Høegh fleet was outside German-controlled area.

German officials order all Norwegian merchant ships sail to a neutral or German-controlled port.

Subsequently released, Høegh fled from Norway during the later phase of World War II.