Early and Personal Life
He was born in Dypvåg as a son of ship-owner Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen, Sr. (1865–1960) and Magdalena Pedersen (1873–1920). He had eight siblings. The family moved to Kristiania in 1902, and he joined the family company John P. Pedersen & Søn after finishing secondary education at Kristiania Commerce School in 1917.
He was a brother of John Ditlev-Simonsen and an uncle of Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen, Jr. and Per Ditlev-Simonsen. In 1920 he married Else Heyerdahl (1899–1985), and had Hieronymus Heyerdahl as a father-in-law. He was also a first cousin once removed of Jan Staubo. He died in January 1978 in Oslo.
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