Mads Ellef Langaard (3 May 1815 – 23 March 1891) was a Norwegian brewery owner and industrialist. He was the founder of the brewery Frydenlunds bryggeri, now a division of Ringnes.

Personal life

Langaard was born at Lillesand in

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, Norway to sea captain Mads Christian Langaard (1774-1854) and his wife, Ellevine Ellefsen (1792-1874). He was a brother of tobacco manufacturer

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and father of

Christian Langaard Christian Langaard (5 August 1849 – 31 August 1922) was a Norwegian industrialist and art collector. He was born in Christiania as a son of brewery owner Mads Langaard and Lovise Jakobine Knudsen. He was married to Ellevine Ellefsen and was ...

, who succeeded in the management of Frydenlund Brewery.

Career

In 1841, he moved to Christiania (now Oslo). In 1850 he established Langaard & Dietrichson together with C. A. Dietrichson. The partnership operated in export and import. In 1859, Langaard founded the brewery

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in Christiania together with three partners; Abraham Hesselberg, Justus Heinrich Schwensen and Knud Knudsen. After some startup problems, the brewery became an economic success, and Langaard started other companies, and was involved in mining, forestry and shipping. He established Follum Tresliperi in 1873 and Lillehammer Dampsag og Høvleri in 1876. He was decorated Knight of the

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in 1887. Mads Langaard died during 1891 and was buried on Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.

References

1815 births 1891 deaths People from Lillesand Norwegian brewers Norwegian industrialists Norwegian company founders Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-business-bio-stub