Johan Johannson (9 June 1911 – 11 July 2004) was a Norwegian businessperson.
He was a son of wholesaler
Ole Hartvig Nissen Johannson.
He was thus a paternal grandson of
Johan Johannson and maternal great-grandson of
Hartvig Nissen, and nephew of
Johan Johannson.
He took over the family company, wholesaler
Joh. Johannson
Joh. Johannson was a wholesaling company in Norway.
It was founded by Johan Johannson in 1866, and named after him. The company was mainly a wholesaler of groceries. It remained in the ownership of the Johannson lineage, and Joh. Johannson was ...
, from his father.
[ He was the thus third generation to run the company and was hired in the company in 1935 and he became co-owner in 1941. He was also a co-founder of ''Kolonialgrossistenes Kundeservice'' in 1946 and chaired ''Norske Colonialgrossisters Forbund'' from 1951 to 1957.] Johan Johannson was a supervisory council member of Livsforsikringsselskapet Idun
Livsforsikringsselskapet Idun was a Norwegian insurance company.
It was founded in 1861. The first chief executive was Jørgen Gjerdrum. Idun was incorporated into Storebrand
Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, t ...
, Storebrand
Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and ...
, deputy supervisory council member of the Norwegian America Line, and a board member of the libertarian organization Libertas
Libertas (Latin for 'liberty' or 'freedom', ) is the Roman goddess and personification of liberty. She became a politicised figure in the Late Republic, featured on coins supporting the populares faction, and later those of the assassins of Jul ...
.
He died in 2004 and was buried in Ris Ris may refer to the following:
* Ris, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in France
* Ris, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France
* Ris, Norway
* Diane Ris (1932–2013), Catholic nun, educator and author
* Friedrich Ris (1867–1931), Swiss physician and ento ...
.
References
1911 births
2004 deaths
Businesspeople from Oslo
20th-century Norwegian businesspeople
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