John Torgersen (13 December 1878 – 21 May 1958) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was born in

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, and moved to Fornebo in 1903. He took commerce school in 1896 and worked in

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and

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for several years. After working with

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export from 1901, he was hired as manager of

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in 1905, then secretary in

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in 1909. He was the manager of Labro Tresliperi from 1913 to 1917, and of Nitroglycerin Compagniet / Norsk Sprængstofindustri from 1914 to 1919. He was a board member of Union Co from 1924 to 1940, Lilleborg Fabrikker from 1930,

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from 1931, De-No-Fa from 1945, of the bank Centralbanken for Norge from 1923 to 1935 and of Granfos Brug and the

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. He was a member of

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from 1920 to 1928, served as deputy mayor from 1920 to 1922 and mayor from 1923 to 1925. He also chaired the local and county party chapters.

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1878 births 1958 deaths Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian businesspeople Mayors of places in Akershus Bærum politicians {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub