Christian August Anker (29 January 1896 – 1982) was a

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businessperson in the paper industry. He was born in

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as a son of

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(1871–1940) and Julie Jacobsen. He was a brother of

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, and a stepson of

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. He was married several times, amongst others to Dagmar Juliana Diesen (1917–92), a daughter of

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and a German mother. 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

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(1920). From 1920 to 1923 he managed a

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. A year later he was hired for a forestry job by Hunsfos Fabrikker (1924), then BY

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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

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from 1934. He was a board member of the Paper Industry Research Institute from 1934, and board member of the

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from 1937 to 1942.

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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 {{Norway-business-bio-stub