Throne-Holst was born in
Kristiania to factory owner
Johan Throne Holst and Hanna Richter Jenssen, and was a brother of
Henning Throne-Holst. He was managing director of the
Freia chocolate factory from 1948 to 1970, and eventually chairman of the board of the company. He chaired
Foreningen Norden from 1964 to 1969, and served as president of the
Federation of Norwegian Industries from 1969 to 1971. He was decorated Knight of the
Order of St. Olav in 1966, and was a Commander of the Finnish
Order of the White Rose. He perished in a fire in 1986. ==References==