Gerdt Henrik Meyer Bruun (3 February 1873 – 17 April 1945) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 industrialist and a politician for the Conservative Party. The son of factory owner Engelbrekt Christen Bruun (1839-1913), he took over his father's business in 1897. He entered politics shortly after this, and served as deputy mayor and later mayor of Årstad

Årstad (municipality)

Årstad is a former municipality in Hordaland, Norway.The parish of Aarstad was established as a municipality 1 January 1838 . It remained a separate municipality until 1 July 1915, when it, as the second of six municipalities over the years, was merged with Bergen, increasing the area of Bergen...

 from 1901 to 1915. In 1919, Bruun was elected to the Norwegian parliament for a three-year period. He was then appointed Minister of Trade

Ministry of Trade and Industry (Norway)

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry is a Norwegian ministry responsible for business, trade and industry. It is led by Trond Giske . The department must report to the legislature, Storting.-History:The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Shipping, Industry, Craft and Fisheries was created...

 in the cabinet of Otto Bahr Halvorsen

Otto Bahr Halvorsen

Otto Bahr Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician from the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 when he died in office....

, lasting from 1920 to 1921.

Bruun owned the property "Villa Solhaug" in Leapark at Minde

Minde, Bergen

Minde is an neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Årstad borough in Bergen, Norway, south of Solheim and Kronstad, west of Landås, and north of Fjøsanger and Storetveit in Fana borough. Parts of Minde were in Fana municipality before the merger of 1972...

 until shipowner Erik Grant Lea

Erik Grant Lea

Erik Lawrence Grant Lea, was a Norwegian ship-owner, banker, insurer and mill owner. He became one of the most mythical tycoons of the boom years of World War I in Norway.- The myth :...

 took over the property in 1915. In 1922 he built Storhaugen at Kirkeveien 62 in Paradise

Paradis, Bergen

Paradis is a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen, Norway, located between Storetveit and Hop in Fana borough. The name, which literally means "paradise" in Norwegian, is shared with several other locations in Norway and denotes a location with positive qualities not present in the surrounding areas...

 Bergen

Bergen

Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....

, after architect Ole Landmarks drawings.