Jens Andersen (businessman)
Jens Andersen (13 September 1866 – 5 January 1937) was a Norwegian businessperson.
He was born in Idd, and after taking his shoemaker training he worked for four years as a leather merchant in Fredrikstad. In 1898 he started the shoe factory Fredriksstad Skofabrik. He was the factory manager here until 1905, then a co-manager for I. T. Halvorsen Skofabrik in Halden from 1906 to 1910. In 1911 he started the company in Kristiania, where he was the manager until 1924, then director.[1][2] He was a board member of the Federation of Norwegian Industries and the Norwegian Employers' Confederation.[1] He died in January 1937 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Andersen, Jens". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 26. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Skofabriken Norge A/s" (in Norwegian). Industrimuseum.no. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
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- 1866 births
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- People from Halden
- Norwegian businesspeople
- Burials at Vestre gravlund
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