Background
He was born in Kristiania as a son of Lord Chamberlain Fredrik "Fritz" Frantz Michael Wilhelm Rustad (1852–1930) and Mistress of the Robes Marie Magdalena Schou (1859–1943). He was a maternal grandson of Halvor Schou.
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Education
He finished his secondary education in 1899, became an Aritllery officer in 1902 and graduated from the Norwegian Military College in 1905.
Career
He served at an artillery and dragoon regiment in Lyon for ten months in 1906, then as an aspirant in the General Staff from 1906 to 1917 and military attaché in Stockholm and Petrograd from 1912 to 1917. He was promoted to captain in 1915 and major in 1929. He was hired in Elektrokemisk in 1917, then in Norsk Sprængstofindustri in 1920.
He was then the chief executive officer of Norsk Sprængstofindustri from 1926 to 1946.
He died in 1957.
Achievements
Membership
He was a board member of Norsk Aluminium Company, Oslo Sparebank, Forsikringsselskapet Idun and Storebrand. Eger became a member of the gentlemen"s skiing club Saskatchewan Fram in 1915.
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1957 (aged 75)
Awards
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Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class Legion of Honour; Order of Vasa
The Royal Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.The Royal Order of Vasa (Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.