Christian August Anker (29 January 1896 – 1982) was a
Norwegian
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businessperson in the paper industry.
He was born in
Berg, Østfold
Berg is a former parish and municipality which now forms part of Halden municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The rural municipality was (together with Idd) was merged with the city of Halden on January 1, 1967.
History
Berg was the main paris ...
as a son of
Johan Anker
Johan August Anker (26 June 1871 – 2 October 1940) was a Norwegian sailor and yacht designer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
He was born at Refne in Berg, Ø ...
(1871–1940) and Julie Jacobsen.
He was a brother of
Erik Anker
Erik Anker (15 October 1903 – 15 August 1994) was a Norwegian sailor and businessperson.
Early life and Olympics
He was born in Berg, Østfold as a son of Johan Anker. He was a brother of Christian August Anker, and a stepson of Nini Roll ...
, and a stepson of
Nini Roll Anker
Nini Roll Anker (3 May 1873 – 20 May 1942) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright. Her books often concerned the lives of women within different social classes as well as the women's rights movement and the rights of the working class.
P ...
.
He was married several times, amongst others to Dagmar Juliana Diesen (1917–92), a daughter of
Emil Diesen
Emil Diesen (14 April 1880 – 24 June 1942) was a Norwegian civil servant and editor.
Personal life
He was born in Norderhov a son of captain Ernst Georg Diesen (1841–1908) and Anna Kathrine Fredrikke Elisabeth Seip (1851–1930). He was a br ...
and a German mother.
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He finished his secondary education in 1915. He studied at the technical college in Zurich from 1915 to 1918, and later he attended a commercial school in ]Lyon
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(1920). From 1920 to 1923 he managed a coffee plantation
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in British Kenya
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. A year later he was hired for a forestry job by Hunsfos Fabrikker (1924), then BY Boen Tresliperi
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in 1926. From 1928 to 1933 he was an engineer in the Paper Industry Research Institute, before becoming manager and chief executive officer of Risør Træmassefabrikker
is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located on the Skagerrak coast in the traditional region of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of Risør municipality is the town of Risør. There are many villages in Risør such as Akla ...
from 1934.[
He was a board member of the Paper Industry Research Institute from 1934, and board member of the ]Federation of Norwegian Industries
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It was established on 1 January 2006 as a merger of the Federation of Norweg ...
from 1937 to 1942.[
]
References
1896 births
1982 deaths
People from Halden
Norwegian expatriates in Switzerland
Norwegian expatriates in France
Norwegian expatriates in Kenya
20th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Norwegian planters
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