Christian Anker (19 August 1917 – 13 December 1988) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in

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, and spent his career in the family company P. Schreiner sen. & Co with 37 years as director. He retired in 1978. He also served as board chairman of P. Schreiner sen. & Co, chaired daughter companies such as Staal & Jern and Andr. Grønneberg, was a board member of

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and the

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, and supervisory council member of

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. He was a board member of

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from 1966, succeeded

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as chairman in 1970 and stepped down in 1978. He contributed with metal and steel information to ''

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'' and '' Norges Handels- og Sjøfartstidende''. He was a yacht racer, and became Norwegian champion in the Knarr in 1958 and

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in 1967. He died in 1988 and was buried at Ris.

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1917 births 1988 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian male sailors (sport) {{Norway-business-bio-stub