Joachim Grieg Joachim Grieg Joachim Grieg (19 December 1849 – 7 December 1932) was a Norwegian ship broker and politician. Grieg was the founder of Joachim Grieg & Co. (now Grieg Group) one of Norway's largest ship brokerage. He was also politically and civically active both nationally and locally. Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of John Grieg (1819-1887) and Jutta Camilla Lous (1825-1901). Grieg was eldest siblings of eleven. He attended Bergen Cathedral School and in 1865 went to sea for 13 years, In 1868, he passed the officer's exam and in 1870 the navigation exam and
Edvard Bræin Edvard Bræin Edvard Bræin (3 April 1887 - 20 September 1957) was a Norwegian organist, composer, and orchestra conductor, the father of the composer Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924–76). Bræin was born in Kristiansund, and was married to Magnhild Fliflet (1899–1967). He got his musical education at the Conservatory of Music in Oslo (1906–09), and debuted as organist in 1905. He earned his organist exam in 1907 and debuted as orchestra conductor in 1909. Bræin studied music under Bernhard Heinrich Irrgang and Jean Paul Ertel in Berlin (1910–11). He was organist in Ormøens Church, Østre Aker (1907–12), and organist in Kristiansund