Businessman.
Born at Skjaak, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway on 14 September 1885, he came to Winnipeg and founded and was President of the electric business of Kummen-Shipman Limited. He served as President of the Manitoba Electrical Association and Vice-President of the Canadian Construction Association.
He and wife Mary Emily Olsson (c1888-1952) had five children: Guro Emily Kummen (1915-2006, wife of James Arthur Shields Jackson), Harold Thorvald “Bud” Kummen, Alice Christine Kummen (1918-?, wife of R. B. McKinnon), Carl Torrance Kummen (1921-?), and Marion Kummen (?-?, wife of Henry Johnsen). He was Consul of Norway at Winnipeg for many years, for which he was invested as a Knight of St. Olav by the King of Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Glee Club, Masons, Kiwanis Club of Winnipeg, and Winnipeg Executives Association.
He died at his Winnipeg home, 240 Elm Street, on 3 June 1970 and he was buried in the Brookside Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Canadian News Building / Kummen Building / Domo Block (268-270 Fort Street, Winnipeg)
Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Norwegian Consul's wife dies in city,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 October 1952, page 31.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 4 June 1970.
Obituary, Winnipeg Tribune, 5 June 1970.
Obituary [Harold T. Kummen], Winnipeg Free Press, 1 April 2006.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 August 2024
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