Torrey Mosvold

{{Short description|Norwegian businessman}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|7|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Farsund, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|10|18|1910|7|9|df=y}}

| death_place = Florida, U.S.

| occupation = Shipowner

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Torrey Josef Mosvold (9 July 1910 – 18 October 1995) was one of Norway's leading shipping and industrial entrepreneurs.

Torrey Josef Mosvold was born in Farsund in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Nils Martin Mosvold (1876-1956) who founded the Mosvold Shipping Group in 1910. Torrey married Gudny Langeland and they had 6 children. Gudny died in 1954. After Martin Mosvold died 1956, the original company interests were split between his sons.[http://glastad.com/?vis=artikkel&fid=0&id=0312200809161327688&t=History History (Glastad Holding AS)]

Torrey Mosvold was director of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association (Norges Rederiforbund) as well as several companies associated with Mosvold Shipping Group. He was a member of the national board of the Mission Covenant Church of Norway. He was a patron of the Mosvold Hospital in Ingwavuma, Republic of South Africa. He was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1971.[http://www.norway.org.et/News_and_events/business/Mosvold-A-Norwegian-Name-for-Quality-in-Ethiopia/ Mosvold: A Norwegian Name for Quality in Ethiopia (Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503225048/http://www.norway.org.et/News_and_events/business/Mosvold-A-Norwegian-Name-for-Quality-in-Ethiopia/ |date=2011-05-03 }}

Torrey Mosvold has 31 grandchildren.