<div dir="ltr">fantasztikus pasas, elképesztő történet, sose hallottam róla!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015. november 1. 16:31 György Paál írta, <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:paal@hds.bme.hu" target="_blank">paal@hds.bme.hu</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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                                                          <p class="MsoNormal"><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"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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                                                          Gregersen</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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                                                          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"><u></u><u></u></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"><u></u><u></u></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"><u></u><u></u></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"><u></u><u></u></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 style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

                                                          <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"><u></u><u></u></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.

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                                                          <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"><u></u><u></u></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">

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                                                          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"><u></u><u></u></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 style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

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