Norwegian letter from 1878- Halvor Schou Halvor Schou is one of the key entrepreneurs in Norwegian industry in the mid-19th century. He used part of the large profits from the family business Schous Bryggeri to finance a completely new textile enterprise that after a few years became Hjula Væveri, one of the country's largest textile factories. Halvor Arntzen Schou Born May 11, 1823, Christiania Died February 5, 1879, Sinsen in Aker (now Oslo)