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.
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.