Albert Karl Fredrik Hiorth (17 November 1876 – 12 September 1949) was a Norwegian engineer.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a son of engineer Fredrik Hiorth. He took his education at Kristiania Technical School

Oslo University College

Oslo University College , Norwegian: Høgskolen i Oslo is the largest state university college in Norway, with more than 11,000 students and approx. 1100 employees...

 and the University of Geneva

University of Geneva

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. He was a member of the Faraday Society

Faraday Society

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. After further studies abroad he settled in Asker

Asker

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.

Hiorth was hired in Kværner

Kværner

Kværner was a Norway-based engineering and construction services company in existence between 1853 and 2005 when it was merged with Aker ASA. The Kværner name was used in the subsidiary Aker Kværner until April 3, 2008 when it changed name to Aker Solutions. Kværner re-emerged on 6...

 in 1899, and became the CEO of Bjølvefossen in 1906. In 1909 he became the CEO of Aurlandsfaldene. A devout Christian and member of the Victoria Institute

Victoria Institute

The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, was founded in 1865, as a response to the publication of On the Origin of Species and Essays and Reviews. Its stated objective was to defend "the great truths revealed in Holy Scripture .....

, he was reputed to look to the Bible for authoritative accounts on present phenomena. He was an active lay preacher, was active in the Palestine Exploration Fund

Palestine Exploration Fund

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 and was especially interested in projects in the British Mandate of Palestine. He became known for a plan to connect the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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 with the Dead Sea

Dead Sea

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by pipeline.