Josef Hilmar Jørgensen (March 28, 1892 – November 2, 1961) was a Norwegian organ builder.''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': J H Jørgensen.
/ref> Jørgensen was the owner of the J. H. Jørgensen organ company. The company was originally called Olsen & Jørgensen from 1892 to 1925Frisk, Anna, Sverker Jullander, & Andrew McCrea. 2003. ''The Nordic-Baltic Organ Book: History and Culture''. Göteborg: Göteborg Organ Art Center, p. 229. (Jørgensen's partner Olsen had already withdrawn from work at the company in 1912).

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Jørgensen was born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, the son of the organ builder Jens Henrik Jørgensen (1864–1946) and his wife Marie Guldbrandsen (1869–1911). On May 16, 1922 he married Annette Wirstad (1894–1991), the daughter of the wholesaler Ole Olsen Wirstad (1846–1923) and Karen Hansen (1855–?). The couple's daughter Anne Marie Jørgensen is married to the politician Kåre Willoch.''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': Kåre Willoch.
/ref> Jørgensen died in Oslo.

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