Ragnar Halvorsen (23 May 1924 – 15 February 2019)Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 20 February 2019, p. 29. was a Norwegian businessman and organizational leader. Halvorsen was born in Fredrikstad to Alf Ragnvald Halvorsen and Ellen Fredrikke Jensen, and married Anna Ødegård in 1949. He was assigned with the

dynamite Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germa ...

production company Norsk Sprængstofindustri/

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from 1961 to 1995, as CEO from 1981 to 1987, and chairman of the board from 1987 to 1995. During this period Dyno developed into a major international company, with subsidiaries in about forty countries. Halvorsen chaired the

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from 1987. He was the first President of the employers' organization

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, for four years from its foundation in 1989 through a merge between the

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and the Federation of Norwegian Industries. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1987.

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