Hilmar August Reksten was a Norwegian shipping magnate. In the autumn of 1973 he was counted among the world's richest men, possessing a fleet worth about £300 million. At his death in 1980, all was l
Hilmar Reksten grew up in Tyskesmauet (= German lane) no:14 (now named Strangebakken) in the Nordnes quarter. The Reksten family lived upstairs.