Jens Gram (15 November 1840 – 22 January 1912) was a Norwegian industrialist.
Personal life
He was born in
Ask as a son of Johan Georg Boll Gram and Fredrikke Severine Mathea Stabell.
He was a brother of
Andrea Gram,
grandson of
Jens Jensen Gram
Jens Jensen Gram (12 February 1779 – 2 November 1824) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
He was born in Copenhagen as the son of Jens Gram. He studied at the University of Copenhagen from 1798, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 180 ...
and a first cousin of
Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram.
Through his sister Nicoline he was a brother-in-law of
Eilif Peterssen
Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen (4 September 1852 – 29 December 1928) was a Norwegian painter. He is most commonly associated with his landscapes and portraits.
Biography
Hjalmar Eilif Emanuel Peterssen was born in Christiania, now Osl ...
.
In July 1867 in
Vadernes he married Julie Munch (1843–1928), daughter of
P. A. Munch
Peter Andreas Munch (15 December 1810 – 25 May 1863), usually known as P. A. Munch, was a Norwegian historian, known for his work on the medieval history of Norway. Munch's scholarship included Norwegian archaeology, geography, ethnograph ...
. They had two notable children,
Johan Fredrik Gram and
Mads Gram.
[ Through Mads he was the father-in-law of art historian Irma Ingertha Gram.][
]
Career
He enrolled as a student in 1859, and also studied forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...
in Germany a couple of years. When returning home he worked as manager of the family-owned forests. In 1871 he moved to Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and villages such as Konne ...
, where he was the vice consul
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...
for Denmark
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from 1870 to 1906. He took over the company ''Nils Bache'' and renamed it ''Bache & Gran''. Thorleif Bache was a co-owner, but pulled out ten years later. The company became important in the city's pulp and paper industry, and Gram chaired ''Skandinavisk træmasseforening'' and ''Drammens trælasthandlerdirektion''. In 1900 he co-founded Norwegian Employers' Confederation The Norwegian Employers' Confederation ( no, Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening, NAF) was an employers' organisation in Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comp ...
,[ a predecessor of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.]Skoger
Skoger is a village located on the border between Buskerud and Vestfold counties, Norway. Of its population of 1,082 as of 2005, 654 were registered as residents of Drammen whereas 428 live in Sande in Vestfold county, Norway.
History
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References
1840 births
1912 deaths
Norwegian businesspeople
Norwegian expatriates in Germany
People from Drammen
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