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Name: KOPPERUD, Bjarne
Birth Date: 3.11.1886 Oslo
Death Date: 2.3.1959 Ruiru
Nationality: Norwegian
First Date: 1922
Last Date: 1959
Profession: Planter, Company director
Area: Box 53, Nairobi, 1925 Muirera Estate Ruiru
Married: Marthe b. 1890
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Ruiru, Kiambu Scrapbook, Barnes
General Information:
Red 22 - B. Kopperud, Azania, Box 53, Nairobi
Ruiru - Bjaine Kopperud, Planter PO Ruiru, initiated 13/9/1924
Kiambu Scrapbook - Ruiru Sports Club - The Goldsworthy ground and banda was soon too small, the ground being mostly vlei and at times very wet, so when Bjarne Kopperud bought Murera in 1924-25, he let the club have the present site and small house, for a nominal rent.
Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery - Bjarne Kopperud, Norwegian, age 72, died 2/3/59. Exhumed 21 May 1971
Hut has Bernard Kopperud 1937 Mrefu Estate Thika
Gazette 21 Apr 1959 probate