Nesheim Wealth

Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve plays.

The Nesheims could sing this song. It’s their version of the Succession theme song.

With the echoes and the cold, terrified Christianity. And the ghosts. And their Norwegian pragmatic, dire, brilliant manner. And their rare genius. The beauty of their land. Their mysterious camaraderie with each other.

“I told everyone to love each other. Be loyal to each other. And they still are.” says Gunhild Nesheim of the Berge family. The silversmiths of Norway. Sterling silver. For the clear aristocracy of Norway and Sweden.

Gunhild is the dead family matriarch. Her femininity is like Greta Thurnberg in her strength, if you need a quick example to create a concept for your imagination.

Nils and Gunhild photos as arranged by Becca

Gunhild
Nils

Yes. There were lots a Miss America hopefuls amongst the Gen. X and Millennial women of the Nesheim family. And Lacey might not be related to them. So if you hate Lacey chill-out.

O Fortuna from Carmina Burana plays.

Becca was considered one of the ugly ones in her generation. Becca is at right. That photo was taken in 1980 or 81.
Becca in Jordan in the 1970’s. She borrowed the money from her mother, a Nesheim, to travel to the Middle East.
Becca’s lovely Nesheim mother in the early 1940’s
Gunhild before she left Norway in the early 1900’s
One of Gunhild’s silversmith Norwegian relatives in Norway in the 1800’s
Lars Berge, Gunhild’s brother in Norway
Mark, Lacey and Paula (first cousin of Becca – her mother was a Nesheim)
A Nesheim wedding (female)
Gunhild’s farm in Norway
Nesheim Farm in 1956

I will try to make this as succinct as possible. The Berges are not the Nesheims. The Berges were the silversmiths in Norway.

There was a book written about the Berges because they were so well recognized in Norway.

Succession (Main Title Theme) by Nicholas Britell plays.

Here are photos showing the order of succession linking the Nesheims to the Berges:

Gunhild (born in 1883)
Gunhild’s mother

Here are more photos to help spark your imagination:

Lacey’s Great Uncle Hans and Aunt Aasne (Paula’s mother) in 1911
The Nesheims in the 1930’s

Paula was the one who almost married the Carslyle of California. She was his live-in girlfriend for decades.

Andante in C Minor by Nicholas Britell plays.

Edward made and lost millions a few times. He’s was a truly great, heroic, and much decorated pilot in World War II and was brilliant. He was named after King Edward VIII by his siblings. He was an eccentric man. In the 1970’s he started his own university.

Clarinets and Strings by Nicholas Britell plays.

Ed had many conspiracy theories he’d pass along to his siblings. Some were possibly wrong. But he was ahead of his time often. He was a Christian. And a proud American who hated sugar before it was popular to do so and suspected that Jackie Kennedy might have gotten AIDS from Ronald Reagan.

His children live quiet lives.

A few years ago the Nesheims had a reunion. On the family farm where all the oil is.

Strings + 808 + Beat by Nicholas Britell plays.

That’s Sonja. Her father was Ed. He anticipated the oil boom that took place a decade ago and bought in heavily.

Her daughter, Joni, has a publicly discussed net worth.

Joni is a model and actress.

Bethany abdicated the Miss North Dakota crown and claimed a technical difficulty as her reason. That’s not necessarily why she did it. Bethany is also an actress.

Both Joni and Bethany are granddaughters of Ed Nesheim.

Bethany

But the family has had money for a while.

And they always give a “Nesheim Clock” At every Nesheim wedding.

An Electoral College vote, an important judge in the state of Washington (who’s dead now), important attorneys, and etc. are in this old Nesheim photograph. Likely from the early 1980’s. These people were already millionaires in the 1950’s.

A Nesheim wedding

Mathew has published several science fiction novels. He’s Ed’s grandson.

The infamous creek on the thousands of acres of Nesheim farm land
Nesheim land

The Nesheims and Gunhild’s first cousin owned land next to each other. They share oil. And have been friends for over a hundred years. Although the Nesheims were “the wealthy cousins.”

“You know it’s sort of weird how Lacey slept with Vladimir Putin once. And Bobby is still trying to run for US President.” says a white woman who empathizes with Bobby for possibly being out of the loop.

An Open Letter To NYC by Beastie Boys plays.

They was us in 1998. Living well. 14 millionaires were in that photo. But this was taken at a restaurant/bar in rural western North Dakota. Looks can be deceiving. None of us were aliens though.