Jørgen Jahre was a Norwegian shipowner and sports official.

Jørgen Jahre was born in Tjølling

Tjølling

Tjølling is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. Tjølling was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . It was merged with Larvik January 1, 1988.-Location:...

, in Vestfold

Vestfold

is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs...

 county, Norway

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...

. He was a nephew of Norwegian shipping magnate Anders Jahre

Anders Jahre

Anders August Jahre was a Norwegian shipping magnate. Jahre was educated in law, and worked as a lawyer in Sandefjord from 1916 until 1928. Meanwhile he was also involved in the whaling industry, and he founded the whaling company A/S Kosmos in 1928, operating out of Sandefjord...

. He was secretary of the Norwegian shipping company A/S Kosmos

A/S Kosmos

A/S Kosmos was a shipping and industrial company from Sandefjord.It was founded in 1928 by Anders Jahre, Svend Foyn Bruun, Sr. and Anton Barth von der Lippe as Hvalfangstselskapet Kosmos A/S...

 in Sandefjord

Sandefjord

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sandefjord. The municipality of Sandefjord was established on 1 January 1838...

 until in 1939. In 1948 he went from being a manager in Sandar Fabrikker A/S

Sandar

Sandar is a former municipality in Vestfold county, Norway.Sandar was established as a municipality January 1, 1838...

 to becoming a partner in Anders Jahre's company. He has been the president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Norwegian Shipowners' Association

The Norwegian Shipowners Association is an employers' organization and interest group for Norwegian shipping and offshore companies. The organization's primary fields are national and international industry policies, employer issues, competence and recruitment, environmental issues and innovation...

.

He was the president of the Football Association of Norway

Football Association of Norway

The Football Association of Norway is the governing body of football in Norway. Current FIFA World Champions It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the Norwegian Premier League.The team are enjoying their best ever spell thanks to World Player of the...

 from 1963 to 1965, and chairman of the Norwegian Olympic Committee

Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members, and 12000 sports clubs, in 19 region confederatons and 56 national federations...

 from 1965 to 1969. Vice chairman during this period was Arne B. Mollén

Arne B. Mollén

Arne B. Mollén was a Norwegian sports official.Representing the club IF Vestheim, he was the president of the Norwegian Athletics Association from 1953 to 1955, vice chairman of the Norwegian Olympic Committee from 1965 to 1969 and chairman from 1969 to 1985. The Olympic Order was bestowed upon...

, who also became Jahre's successor.

Honors

• Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav - knighted in 1 Class
• Order of Dannebrog - knighted in 1 Class