Joakim Lehmkuhl (22 September 1895 – 15 October 1984) was a

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engineer, industrialist and politician. Lehmkuhl was born in

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to former Minister of Labour

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, and Magdalene Marie Michelsen, sister to

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, Norway's first independent Prime Minister. He took the initiative to form the Fatherland League in 1925, and chaired the organization until 1939. He was simultaneously chairman of the board of the newspaper ''

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'' from 1936, until 1940 when he fled to the

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. He became co-owner of the company

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, and served as CEO and chairman of the board until 1974. He died in

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in 1984.

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1895 births 1984 deaths Businesspeople from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian expatriates in the United States Fatherland League (Norway) {{Norway-politician-stub