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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:green">GYÖNYÖRŰ 
                                                          TÖRTÉNET</span><span
style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
                                                          style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Gudbrand
                                                          Gregersen</span></b><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                                                          style="color:black"> </span><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Ha
                                                          az osztrák
                                                          vasutasok nem
                                                          lopják el egy
                                                          fiatal norvég
                                                          bevándorló
                                                          poggyászát, ma
                                                          teljesen
                                                          máshogy nézne
                                                          ki az
                                                          Országház, a
                                                          Keleti és a
                                                          Nyugati
                                                          Pályaudvar, a
                                                          Mátyás
                                                          Templom,
                                                          Szeged
                                                          belvárosa,
                                                          valamint
                                                          Magyarország
                                                          számos hídja
                                                          és
                                                          középülete. A
                                                          23 éves
                                                          Gudbrand
                                                          Gregersen jól
                                                          fizető
                                                          építőipari
                                                          munkák
                                                          reményében
                                                          érkezett
                                                          Közép-Európába,
                                                          s 1847
                                                          tavaszán
                                                          gyalogosan
                                                          indult
                                                          Prágából
                                                          Bécsbe,
                                                          ahonnan
                                                          Münchenbe
                                                          akart
                                                          továbbmenni.
                                                          Vonatjegyre
                                                          nem volt
                                                          pénze, de
                                                          csomagjait
                                                          feladta a
                                                          vasúton.
                                                          Szegényes
                                                          útiládája
                                                          ruhákat és
                                                          néhány
                                                          otthonról
                                                          hozott
                                                          személyes
                                                          tárgyat
                                                          rejtett.
                                                          Bécsbe érve
                                                          azonnal a
                                                          vámhivatalba
                                                          ment a
                                                          poggyászáért.
                                                          Amikor a ládát
                                                          kinyitotta,
                                                          holmija
                                                          helyett csak
                                                          néhány téglát,
                                                          rongyokat és
                                                          szalmát talált
                                                          benne.
                                                          Gregersent
                                                          elkeserítette,
                                                          hogy
                                                          meglopták. A
                                                          barátai éppen
                                                          szórakozni
                                                          indultak a
                                                          császárvárosba,
                                                          de ő nem akart
                                                          a rajta lévő
                                                          ócska
                                                          munkaruhában
                                                          menni velük.
                                                          Egy magyar
                                                          építőmestertől
                                                          hallott a
                                                          pest-budai
                                                          építkezésekről,
                                                          és úgy
                                                          döntött, hogy
                                                          az ismeretlen
                                                          Duna-parti
                                                          városban
                                                          próbál
                                                          szerencsét, és
                                                          ott annyi
                                                          pénzt keres,
                                                          amiből újra
                                                          felruházkodhat.
                                                          Barátaitól
                                                          azzal
                                                          búcsúzott,
                                                          hogy fél év
                                                          múlva
                                                          Münchenben
                                                          találkoznak.
                                                          Végül 63 évig
                                                          maradt
                                                          Magyarországon,
                                                          ahol a
                                                          szabadságharc
                                                          honvédtisztje,
                                                          majd az ország
                                                          legnagyobb
                                                          vállalkozója
                                                          lett, aki a
                                                          dualizmus
                                                          korának szinte
                                                          mindegyik
                                                          jelentős
                                                          építési
                                                          beruházásban
                                                          részt vett.
                                                          Volt, hogy
                                                          csődbe ment,
                                                          máskor tűzvész
                                                          pusztította el
                                                          mindenét, de
                                                          mindig
                                                          felállt, és
                                                          újrakezdte.
                                                          Magyar
                                                          nemesként és a
                                                          legnagyobb
                                                          budapesti
                                                          adófizetőként
                                                          halt meg,
                                                          becsületességéről
                                                          az
                                                          építkezéseket
                                                          kísérő
                                                          korrupciós
                                                          botrányok
                                                          idején
                                                          legendák
                                                          keringtek.</span><span
style="color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Paraszti
családban
                                                          született
                                                          1824-ben a
                                                          norvégiai
                                                          Modumban. 14
                                                          évesen inasnak
                                                          állt egy
                                                          kisváros
                                                          kőműves
                                                          céhében, majd
                                                          a fővárosba,
                                                          Kristianiába
                                                          utazott, ahol
                                                          a
                                                          legjobb
                                                          építőmester
                                                          mellett
                                                          szerzett
                                                          gyakorlati és
                                                          elméleti
                                                          ismereteket.
                                                          „Derék,
                                                          jóravaló
                                                          ácsmestersegéd
                                                          lettem, tele
                                                          hiú
                                                          reményekkel”,
                                                          s e reményeket
                                                          Közép-Európa
                                                          gyorsan
                                                          fejlődő
                                                          városaiban
                                                          akarta valóra
                                                          váltani.
                                                          Gudbrand
                                                          Gregersen –
                                                          vagy Gégé
                                                          ahogy a
                                                          barátai
                                                          nevezték – öt
                                                          év vándorlás
                                                          után került
                                                          Magyarországra,
                                                          ahol égető
                                                          szükség volt
                                                          képzett
                                                          építőipari
                                                          szakemberekre.
                                                          Végül
                                                          nem a pesti
                                                          építkezéseken
                                                          talált munkát,
                                                          ahogy
                                                          tervezte,
                                                          hanem a Petőfi
                                                          által
                                                          is megénekelt
                                                          Pest-Vác
                                                          vasútvonal
                                                          továbbépítésén.
                                                          Szakmai
                                                          életútja
                                                          innentől
                                                          elválaszthatatlanul
                                                          összefonódott
                                                          a nagy
                                                          magyarországi
vasútépítésekkel.</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Nem
tudjuk,
                                                          mi vitte rá a
                                                          magyar nyelven
                                                          kezdetben
                                                          megszólalni
                                                          sem tudó, az
                                                          osztrák-német
                                                          közegben
                                                          sokkal
                                                          otthonosabban
                                                          mozgó norvég
                                                          szakembert,
                                                          hogy
                                                          1848-ban a
                                                          rebellis
                                                          magyarok mellé
                                                          álljon.
                                                          Mindenesetre
                                                          Gudbrand
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          önkéntesnek
                                                          jelentkezett a
                                                          honvédseregbe,
                                                          ahol egy
                                                          mérnökalakulatban
                                                          utásztisztként
                                                          teljesített
                                                          szolgálatot.
                                                          Szakértelmét
                                                          és
                                                          elkötelezettségét
                                                          egyszerre
                                                          bizonyítja,
                                                          hogy a
                                                          dunántúli
                                                          hadműveletekhez
                                                          nélkülözhetetlen
                                                          paksi
                                                          pontonhidat
                                                          rekordidőnek
                                                          számító másfél
                                                          nap alatt
                                                          építette meg.
                                                          A
                                                          szabadságharc
                                                          leverése után
                                                          ő is jobbnak
                                                          látta, ha
                                                          elmenekül az
                                                          országból.
                                                          Itáliába ment,
                                                          ahol a Piave
                                                          felett átívelő
                                                          híd építésén
                                                          dolgozott.
                                                          Maradhatott
                                                          vagy tovább is
                                                          utazhatott
                                                          volna, de ő
                                                          Magyarországon
                                                          akart
                                                          letelepedni.
                                                          Visszatérése
                                                          után az
                                                          Esztergom-Párkány
                                                          vasútvonal
                                                          építésében
                                                          vett részt, s
                                                          e munka
                                                          kapcsán került
                                                          Szobra, ahol
                                                          összegyűjtött
                                                          keresetéből
                                                          telket
                                                          vásárolt és
                                                          házat épített.
                                                          1852-ben
                                                          megismerkedett
                                                          a helyi
                                                          hentesmester
                                                          lányával,
                                                          Sümeg
                                                          Alojziával,
                                                          akit
                                                          még abban az
                                                          évben
                                                          feleségül
                                                          vett. </span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
                                                          color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">A
                                                          pár otthon
                                                          németül
                                                          beszélt
                                                          egymással,
                                                          ahogy a
                                                          munkához is
                                                          elegendő volt
                                                          ez a
                                                          nyelv.
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          azonban
                                                          fontosnak
                                                          tartotta, hogy
                                                          magyarul is
                                                          megtanuljon,
                                                          egy
                                                          fekete
                                                          palatáblára
                                                          írta fel az
                                                          aznapra
                                                          kijelölt
                                                          magyar
                                                          szavakat, hogy
                                                          jártában-keltében
                                                          ránézhessen.
                                                          Ebben az
                                                          egyben nem
                                                          bizonyult
                                                          sikeresnek:
                                                          élete
                                                          végén is
                                                          hibásan és
                                                          akcentussal
                                                          beszélte
                                                          választott
                                                          hazája
                                                          nyelvét. Nem
                                                          így a
                                                          gyerekei, akik
                                                          a német és a
                                                          norvég mellett
                                                          magyarul is
                                                          megtanultak
                                                          még
                                                          kiskorukban. A
                                                          magyar szó így
                                                          aztán egyre
                                                          gyakrabban
                                                          felhangzott a
                                                          Gregersen-házban:
                                                          1854-től
                                                          kezdve a
                                                          házaspárnak
                                                          összesen 19
                                                          gyereke
                                                          született,
                                                          akik közül 12
                                                          élte meg a
                                                          felnőttkort. </span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
                                                          color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Az
építőmester
                                                          a Norvégiában
                                                          megszokott, jó
                                                          módú, szabad
                                                          paraszti
                                                          életformát
                                                          tekintette
                                                          mintának. Egy
                                                          idő után
                                                          béreseket is
                                                          fogadhattak,
                                                          majd cselédet
                                                          is
                                                          tarthattak, de
                                                          a
                                                          mezőgazdasági
                                                          munkákban,
                                                          mosásban,
                                                          takarításban
                                                          személyesen is
                                                          részt vett a
                                                          család, ezt
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          nevelési
                                                          okokból is
                                                          fontosnak
                                                          gondolta.
                                                          Amikor azt
                                                          érezte, hogy
                                                          véglegesen
                                                          gyökeret vert
                                                          Magyarországon,
                                                          fivéreit is új
                                                          hazájába
                                                          csábította. A
                                                          családi cég
                                                          első nagyobb
                                                          önálló munkája
                                                          a Pest és
                                                          Debrecen közti
                                                          kapcsolatot
                                                          megteremtő
                                                          szolnoki
                                                          vasúti híd
                                                          megépítése
                                                          volt. Az
                                                          1857-ben
                                                          épült, 500
                                                          méter hosszú,
                                                          több
                                                          folyómeder és
                                                          ártér felett
                                                          átívelő
                                                          átkelő az
                                                          ország
                                                          legnagyobb
                                                          vasúti
                                                          fahídjának
                                                          számított. A
                                                          gyorsan,
                                                          pontosan és
                                                          olcsón dolgozó
                                                          norvég
                                                          építőmestert
                                                          és testvéreit
                                                          ezután
                                                          tucatnyi
                                                          vasútvonal,
                                                          több mint
                                                          harminc vasúti
                                                          híd, jó pár
                                                          alagút és több
                                                          pályaudvar
                                                          építésére
                                                          kérték
                                                          fel. </span><span
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                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Amikor
elég
                                                          tőkéje gyűlt
                                                          össze,
                                                          Gregersen a
                                                          ferencvárosi
                                                          Lónyay utcában
                                                          telket
                                                          vásárolt, ahol
                                                          előbb
                                                          fatelepet és
                                                          asztalosárugyárat,
                                                          majd
                                                          fűrészmalmot
                                                          hozott
                                                          létre. Az
                                                          üzlet olyan
                                                          jól ment, hogy
                                                          az első
                                                          erdélyi
                                                          vasútvonal
                                                          megépítésében
                                                          már nemcsak
                                                          kivitelezőként,
                                                          hanem a
                                                          beruházó cég
                                                          részvényeseként
                                                          is részt vett.
                                                          És aztán napok
                                                          alatt csődbe
                                                          ment. Egy
                                                          tőzsdekrach
                                                          következtében
                                                          leálltak az
                                                          építkezések, s
                                                          így Gregersen
                                                          is
                                                          fizetésképtelenné
                                                          vált. Mivel
                                                          nem akart
                                                          tartozni
                                                          alvállalkozóinak,
                                                          fizetett, és
                                                          szinte egész
                                                          vagyona
                                                          elúszott. Úgy
                                                          tűnt, fel kell
                                                          adnia a
                                                          cégalapításról
                                                          szőtt álmait.
                                                          Ő azonban
                                                          felkereste
                                                          korábbi üzleti
                                                          partnereit, és
                                                          bankok helyett
                                                          tőlük vett fel
                                                          sok,
                                                          kisösszegű
                                                          hitelt. Mivel
                                                          becsületességéről
                                                          legendák
                                                          terjengtek,
                                                          örömmel
                                                          kölcsönöztek
                                                          neki,
                                                          ő pedig néhány
                                                          év alatt
                                                          vissza is
                                                          fizette a
                                                          tartozásokat.
                                                          Pont akkorra
                                                          került
                                                          egyenesbe,
                                                          amikor
                                                          1870-ben a
                                                          város
                                                          legnagyobb
                                                          tűzvészében
                                                          leégett az
                                                          egész
                                                          fatelepe.
                                                          Vagyonában
                                                          nagyobb kár
                                                          esett, mint
                                                          amennyit az
                                                          addigi pesti
                                                          tűzesetekben
                                                          összesen
                                                          regisztráltak.
                                                          Mindent
                                                          újjáépített,
                                                          majd 1875-ben
                                                          újra
                                                          leégett
                                                          mindene. Más
                                                          már rég
                                                          abbahagyta
                                                          volna, ő ebből
                                                          is felállt.</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">A
                                                          vasútépítési
                                                          láz után az új
                                                          főváros,
                                                          Budapest
                                                          fejlesztésének
                                                          évtizedei
                                                          következtek,
                                                          és Gudbrand
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          ebben is
                                                          világszínvonalú
                                                          munkával vett
                                                          részt. Egyebek
                                                          mellett
                                                          dolgozott a
                                                          Mátyás
                                                          Templom, a
                                                          Szépművészeti
                                                          Múzeum, az
                                                          Operaház és a
                                                          Bakáts téri
                                                          templom
                                                          építésében.
                                                          Amikor a
                                                          fővárosban új
                                                          sugárút
                                                          épült, az azt
                                                          övező paloták
                                                          lakói nem
                                                          akarták a
                                                          lovaskocsik
                                                          zörgését
                                                          hallgatni
                                                          az
                                                          utcaköveken.
                                                          Megoldásként a
                                                          Gregersen-gyár
                                                          több tízezer
                                                          fakockát
                                                          gyártott, s
                                                          ezzel
                                                          burkolták a ma
                                                          Andrássy útnak
                                                          nevezett
                                                          főútvonalat.
                                                          Ekkor már
                                                          széles
                                                          körben ismert
                                                          és elismert
                                                          embernek
                                                          számított,
                                                          akinek ennek
                                                          megfelelő
                                                          reprezentációs
                                                          kötelezettségei
                                                          is voltak.
                                                          1875-ben
                                                          gyárához közel
                                                          megépítette a
                                                          család Lónyay
                                                          utcai
                                                          palotáját. A
                                                          Lotz Károly
                                                          freskóival
                                                          díszített,
                                                          kétszintes
                                                          neoreneszánsz
                                                          épület
                                                          felszereltsége
                                                          20-30 évvel
                                                          megelőzte
                                                          korát:
                                                          fürdőszobák,
                                                          vízöblítéses
                                                          vécék és
                                                          ételliftek
                                                          szolgálták a
                                                          benne élők
                                                          kényelmét. A
                                                          Gregersen-család
                                                          innentől
                                                          kezdve kétlaki
                                                          életet élt:
                                                          Pesten inasok,
                                                          szakácsok
                                                          és nevelőnők
                                                          között
                                                          nagypolgári
                                                          módon éltek,
                                                          szobi
                                                          nyaralójukban
                                                          jóval
                                                          bensőségesebben,
                                                          nem egyszer
                                                          kétkezi
                                                          munkával
                                                          teltek
                                                          falusias
                                                          hétköznapjaik.
                                                          </span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Gregersen
a
                                                          vállalkozásaiból
                                                          származó
                                                          profitból
                                                          telkeket
                                                          vásárolt
                                                          Budapest
                                                          külterületein.
                                                          Néhány évtized
                                                          alatt övé lett
                                                          a mai
                                                          Ferencváros és
                                                          Angyalföld
                                                          tekintélyes
                                                          része, s a
                                                          város
                                                          növekedésével
                                                          együtt
                                                          telkeinek
                                                          értéke is az
                                                          égbe szökött.
                                                          Hatalmasra
                                                          nőtt vagyonát
                                                          és
                                                          becsületességét
                                                          egyaránt
                                                          igazolja, hogy
                                                          már
                                                          1873-ban ő
                                                          volt a
                                                          legnagyobb
                                                          adófizető a
                                                          fővárosban. Az
                                                          általa
                                                          felügyelt
                                                          építkezéseken
                                                          összesen több
                                                          ezer, néha
                                                          tízezer embert
                                                          alkalmazott
                                                          egy időben.
                                                          Üzletről
                                                          vallott
                                                          szemléletére
                                                          jellemző, hogy
                                                          azon a munkán,
                                                          amivel
                                                          országos
                                                          hírű lett,
                                                          minden
                                                          valószínűség
                                                          szerint egy
                                                          fillért sem
                                                          keresett.
                                                          Amikor
                                                          1879-ben a
                                                          megáradt Tisza
                                                          romba döntötte
                                                          Szeged
                                                          belvárosát,
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          azonnal
                                                          jelentkezett a
                                                          mentési
                                                          munkálatokra.
                                                          Előbb
                                                          ideiglenes
                                                          faházakat
                                                          építtetett a
                                                          több ezer
                                                          árvízkárosult
                                                          családnak,
                                                          majd speciális
                                                          pumpái
                                                          segítségével
                                                          vízmentesítette
                                                          az elárasztott
                                                          belvárost.
                                                          Háromezer
                                                          embert
                                                          alkalmazott,
                                                          akik 160
                                                          lovaskocsit és
                                                          84 vasúti
                                                          vagont
                                                          pakoltak tele
                                                          naponta
                                                          földdel,
                                                          amivel
                                                          feltöltötték a
                                                          mélyen
                                                          fekvő részeket
                                                          és
                                                          körtöltéseket
                                                          emeltek a
                                                          város köré. A
                                                          munkálatok
                                                          három évig
                                                          tartottak,
                                                          Gregersenék az
                                                          előre becsült
                                                          költségeket
                                                          túllépték, így
                                                          veszteséggel
                                                          zárták a
                                                          beruházást.
                                                          Mikszáth
                                                          Kálmán, aki
                                                          ebben az
                                                          időben
                                                          hírlapíróként
                                                          dolgozott
                                                          Szegeden, egy
                                                          cikkében a
                                                          messziről jött
                                                          norvégot
                                                          állította
                                                          példaként
                                                          az árvízen is
                                                          nyerészkedni
                                                          akaró helyi
                                                          vállalkozókkal
                                                          szemben. De
                                                          máshonnan is
                                                          érkezett
                                                          elismerés:
                                                          Ferenc József
                                                          magyar nemesi
                                                          címet
                                                          adományozott a
                                                          norvég
                                                          parasztfiúnak.
                                                          </span><span
                                                          style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
                                                          color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Nagy
sikert
                                                          jelentett a
                                                          cégnek a
                                                          Keleti
                                                          pályaudvar
                                                          építése is. A
                                                          korábbi
                                                          tőzegmocsár
                                                          helyére
                                                          tervezett új
                                                          pesti
                                                          pályaudvart
                                                          cölöpökre
                                                          építették, s
                                                          csak a munka
                                                          elvállalása
                                                          után derült
                                                          ki, hogy a
                                                          talajviszonyok
                                                          a vártnál is
                                                          rosszabbak.
                                                          Így
                                                          11 helyett 15
                                                          méter hosszú
                                                          cölöpöket
                                                          kellett
                                                          leverni, ami
                                                          jelentősen
                                                          megnövelte
                                                          a költségeket
                                                          és
                                                          veszélyeztette
                                                          a határidő
                                                          betartását. A
                                                          „Gregersen G.
                                                          és Fiai
                                                          Építő
                                                          Vállalat” –
                                                          háromezer
                                                          cédrusfenyőt
                                                          vágtak ki a
                                                          Kárpátokban és
                                                          építették
                                                          be rekordidő
                                                          alatt a
                                                          talajba.
                                                          Szakértelmüket
                                                          dicséri, hogy
                                                          amikor a 4-es
                                                          metró
                                                          építésekor az
                                                          alapokat újra
                                                          kiásták, a
                                                          cölöpöket
                                                          épségben
                                                          találták.
                                                          Ekkor már a
                                                          monarchia
                                                          távolabbi
                                                          pontjain is
                                                          dolgoztak:
                                                          Fiuméban
                                                          megépítették a
                                                          világ akkori
                                                          legnagyobb
                                                          faszerkezetű
                                                          kikötőjét, de
                                                          kaptak
                                                          megbízásokat
                                                          Prágában és
                                                          Boszniában is.
                                                          Idősebb
                                                          korában több
                                                          ízben újra
                                                          visszatért
                                                          szülőföldjére,
                                                          ahol
                                                          birtokot
                                                          vásárolt.</span><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
                                                          color:#17365D">
                                                          </span><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Többször
                                                          fogadta a
                                                          Svédországtól
                                                          a
                                                          századfordulón
                                                          függetlenné
                                                          vált
                                                          Norvégia
                                                          királya és
                                                          miniszterelnöke
                                                          is.
                                                          Norvégságát és
                                                          magyarságát
                                                          mindig képes
                                                          volt
                                                          összeegyeztetni,
                                                          egyszerre volt
                                                          multinacionális
                                                          nagyvállalkozó,
                                                          magyar
                                                          nemes és
                                                          norvég
                                                          paraszt. </span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
                                                          color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          <p><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">1910
Szentestéjén,
                                                          a 87 éves
                                                          Gudbrand
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          szobi házában
                                                          szokásához
                                                          híven
                                                          megajándékozta
                                                          családtagjait
                                                          és
                                                          alkalmazottait,
                                                          egy norvég
                                                          nyelvű
                                                          karácsonyi
                                                          verset is
                                                          elszavalt
                                                          nekik, majd
                                                          pihenni tért a
                                                          szobájába.
                                                          Jogosan
                                                          lehetett
                                                          büszke rá,
                                                          hogy hat
                                                          évtized alatt
                                                          a két kezével
                                                          és
                                                          tehetségével
                                                          átalakította
                                                          választott
                                                          hazája
                                                          arculatát.
                                                          Szellemileg
                                                          frissen,
                                                          testileg
                                                          egészségesen
                                                          aludt
                                                          el örökre.
                                                          Halála után
                                                          egy rövid
                                                          ideig úgy
                                                          tűnt, a cég
                                                          továbbra is
                                                          lendületesen
                                                          fejlődik
                                                          tovább. A
                                                          világháború
                                                          kitörésével
                                                          azonban
                                                          mindenütt
                                                          leálltak a
                                                          békés
                                                          célú építési
                                                          beruházások. A
                                                          háborút
                                                          követően
                                                          ráadásul a
                                                          határon túlra
                                                          kerültek
                                                          a cég erdélyi,
                                                          felvidéki és
                                                          boszniai
                                                          fatelepei is.
                                                          S mivel már
                                                          nem volt
                                                          senki,
                                                          aki a
                                                          nehézségek
                                                          közepette is
                                                          hajlandó lett
                                                          volna
                                                          újrakezdeni,
                                                          1921-ben a
                                                          Gregersen
                                                          G. és Fiai
                                                          Építővállalat
                                                          örökösei
                                                          eldöntötték,
                                                          hogy
                                                          felszámolják a
                                                          céget. A
                                                          felszámolás
                                                          évtizedekig
                                                          tartott, a
                                                          család a
                                                          hatalmas
                                                          ingatlanvagyon
                                                          hasznosításából
                                                          és fokozatos
                                                          eladásából
                                                          élt. Még
                                                          1951-ben is
                                                          maradt
                                                          kisajátítható
                                                          ingatlanuk,
                                                          ahonnan a
                                                          bevándorló
                                                          norvég
                                                          ácsmester
                                                          utolsó életben
                                                          maradt lányát
                                                          és unokáját ki
                                                          lehetett
                                                          telepíteni</span><span
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                          style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                            style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;
                        color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                      align="center"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">
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                          noshade="noshade" size="2" width="99%">
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                            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                                style="color:black"><a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus"
                                  target="_blank"><span
                                    style="text-decoration:none"><img
                                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                                      id="_x0000_i1027"
                                      src="http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png"
                                      alt="Avast logo" border="0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            <p><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#3D4D5A">Ezt
                                az e-mailt az Avast víruskereső szoftver
                                átvizsgálta. <br>
                                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus"
                                  target="_blank">www.avast.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        <a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus">
                                <img border=0 src="http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt="Avast logo" />
                        </a>
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                        <p style='color:#3d4d5a; font-family:"Calibri","Verdana","Arial","Helvetica"; font-size:12pt;'>
                                Ezt az e-mailt az Avast víruskereső szoftver átvizsgálta.
                                <br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus">www.avast.com</a>
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