Maritime and marine projects
Norway has a unique, and in part world-leading, position in terms of maritime and marine expertise. The fortune that forms the basis for the Foundation’s capital was made by Kristian Gerhard Jebsen’s shipping business.
It is therefore natural for the Foundation to contribute, through research and competence-development, to strengthening Norway’s position in the marine and maritime industry and in relation to the ocean as our most important resource.
So far, two KG Jebsen centres have been established in the maritime and marine fields, both of them in fields in which the coastal cities of Bergen and Tromsø have competence, business interests and jobs. The Foundation has also contributed to the new rescue vessel Kristian Gerhard Jebsen II, which is stationed in the Bergen area.
The Foundation also has some smaller projects in this field, for example the KG Jebsen Professorship in Technical Security at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and three book projects; Rederihistorie – Kristian Gerhard Jebsen, Bergen og Sjøfarten Volume VI and Byen, sjøfarten og skipperne
K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research
The KG Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research wishes to be a leading international centre for deep sea research.
K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea
The KG Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea studies how the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and other international and national legislation address new and old challenges and facilitate sustainable development
Rescue vessel RS 163 Kristian Gerhard Jebsen II
In 2016, the Foundation signed an agreement with the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue for the donation of a new rescue vessel of the Petter C.G. Sundt class, RS 163
