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Norwegian industrialist and politician
Johan H. Andresen.
Johan H. Andresen
(29 November 1888 – 21 October 1953) was a Norwegian industrialist and politician for the
Conservative Party
.
Personal life
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He was born in
Kristiania
as a son of factory owner Nicolai Andresen (1853?1923) (1853?1923) and Johanne Marie Heyerdahl (1855?1928). He was a grandson of
Johan Henrik Andresen
[1]
and great-grandson of
Nicolai Andresen
.
In 1929 he married Eva Klaveness (1900?1965), a daughter of ship-owner
Anton Frederik Klaveness
. Their son Johan Henrik Andresen (1930?2011),
[1]
and grandson
Johan Henrik Andresen
carried on the business legacy.
Career
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He was the owner of the tobacco factory J. L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik, and among the richest persons in Norway. He was a member of the
Parliament of Norway
from 1928 to 1933.
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[2]
During the
occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany
he was incarcerated at the
Grini concentration camp
for a period of four months in 1942.
[3]
He was decorated Commander of the Danish
Order of the Dannebrog
, and Knight of the Swedish
Order of Vasa
. He died in Sweden in 1953.
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