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Josef Hilmar Jørgensen (March 28, 1892 – November 2, 1961) was a
/ref> Jørgensen was the owner of the J. H. Jørgensen organ company. The company was originally called Olsen & Jørgensen from 1892 to 1925Frisk, Anna, Sverker Jullander, & Andrew McCrea. 2003. ''The Nordic-Baltic Organ Book: History and Culture''. Göteborg: Göteborg Organ Art Center, p. 229. (Jørgensen's partner Olsen had already withdrawn from work at the company in 1912).
''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': Kåre Willoch.
/ref> Jørgensen died in Oslo.
Josef Hilmar Jørgensen (March 28, 1892 – November 2, 1961) was a Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
*Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
*Demographics of Norway
*The Norwegian language, including the ...
organ builder
Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs.
The Organ builders , organ builder usually receives a commission to design an organ with a particular disposition of Organ stop, stops, Manual (mu ...
.''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': J H Jørgensen./ref> Jørgensen was the owner of the J. H. Jørgensen organ company. The company was originally called Olsen & Jørgensen from 1892 to 1925Frisk, Anna, Sverker Jullander, & Andrew McCrea. 2003. ''The Nordic-Baltic Organ Book: History and Culture''. Göteborg: Göteborg Organ Art Center, p. 229. (Jørgensen's partner Olsen had already withdrawn from work at the company in 1912).
Personal life
Jørgensen was born inOslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
, the son of the organ builder Jens Henrik Jørgensen (1864–1946) and his wife Marie Guldbrandsen (1869–1911). On May 16, 1922 he married Annette Wirstad (1894–1991), the daughter of the wholesaler Ole Olsen Wirstad (1846–1923) and Karen Hansen (1855–?). The couple's daughter Anne Marie Jørgensen is married to the politician Kåre Willoch
Kåre Isaachsen Willoch (; 3 October 1928 – 6 December 2021) was a Norwegian politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Norway from 1981 to 1986 and as leader of the Conservative Party from 1970 to 1974. He previously served as the M ...
./ref> Jørgensen died in Oslo.
References
Further reading
* Stein Johannes Kolness. 1987. ''Norsk orgelkultur: instrument og miljø frå mellomalderen til i dag''. Oslo: Det Norske samlaget. *Einar Hoffstad Einar Hoffstad (4 September 1894 – 25 July 1959) was a Norwegian encyclopedist, newspaper editor, writer and economist. He remains best known as the editor of the encyclopedia ''Merkantilt biografisk leksikon'' and the business periodical ''Fa ...
(ed.). 1938. ''Illustrert norsk næringsleksikon'', vol. 1. Oslo: Yrkesforlaget.
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Norwegian pipe organ builders
20th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold
Businesspeople from Oslo
1892 births
1961 deaths
Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Norway