Background
Torrey Josef Mosvold was born in Farsund in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Nils Martin Mosvold (1876-1956) who founded the Mosvold Shipping Group in 1910.
Torrey Josef Mosvold was born in Farsund in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Nils Martin Mosvold (1876-1956) who founded the Mosvold Shipping Group in 1910.
Torrey married Gudny Langeland and they had 6 children. Gudny died in 1954. Torrey Mosvold was director of the Norwegian Shipowners" Association (Norges Rederiforbund) as well as of several companies with which Mosvold Shipping Group was associated. He was a patron of the Mosvold Hospital in Ingwavuma, in the Republic of South Africa.
Torrey Mosvold has 31 grandchildren.