Jørgen Arthur Mathiesen (9 July 1901 – 6 December 1993) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson in the

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sector. He was born in

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as the son of landowner Haaken L. Mathiesen (1858–1930) and his wife Erikka Kiær (1866–1929). His maternal grandfather was Anders Ferrand Kiær, and his paternal grandfather was

Haaken C. Mathiesen Haaken Christian Mathiesen (24 February 1827 – 10 September 1913) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson in the forestry sector. Personal life He was born on Linderud manor as the son of landowner Mogens Larsen Mathiesen (1799–1875) and ...

. Also, he was a nephew of politician

Christian Pierre Mathiesen Christian Pierre Mathiesen (14 April 1870 – 8 August 1953) was a Norwegian landowner and politician for the Conservative Party. Background He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, as the youngest son of landowner and industrialist Haaken C ...

. Mathiesen started his career in the family company

Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk ANS (MEV) is a Norwegian industrial company, owned by the Mathiesen industrial family, and historically one of the largest timber companies of Norway, and arguably Europe. The company's roots date back to 1671. From 1842 to ...

, having

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his secondary education in 1919. After undertaking some extra studies, he became a company manager in the 1920s and sole owner in 1930. Affected by the economic problems of the

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in Norway, the company was heavily indebted, but it survived. Mathiesen cooperated with innovative

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s, and managed to rationalize. He stepped down as company leader in the 1950s to let his son take over. His son, Haaken Severin Mathiesen (1926–1997) had been co-owner since 1946. Mathiesen was interested in genealogy and heraldry, and was a co-founder of the Norwegian Heraldry Society as well as the first Norwegian member of the

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. He was a member of the board of directors of the

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and

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, deputy board member of Det norske Myrselskap and an honorary member of the

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. He was decorated with several orders of knighthood; he was a Commander of the

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, the Danish

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, the Finnish Order of the Lion and the Swedish

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. He was also a Grand Knight of the Icelandic

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. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram since 1936. Between October 1925 and 1956 he was married to Maren Johanne Løvenskiold. They were divorced, and from April 1956 he was married to Christine Lovén, née Aall. Having inherited the manor

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in 1940, he lived there for the second half of his life. He died in December 1993 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathiesen, Joergen 1901 births 1993 deaths People from Eidsvoll 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog Commanders of the Order of Vasa Commanders of the Order of the Lion of Finland Grand Knights of the Order of the Falcon SK Fram members