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Jørgen Mathiesen
Jørgen Arthur Mathiesen (9 July 1901 – 6 December 1993) was a Norwegian landowner and businessperson in the forestry sector. He was born in Eidsvoll as the son of landowner Haaken L. Mathiesen (1858–1930) and his wife Erikka Kiær (1866–1929). His maternal grandfather was Anders Ferrand Kiær, and his paternal grandfather was Haaken C. Mathiesen. Also, he was a nephew of politician Christian Pierre Mathiesen. Mathiesen started his career in the family company Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk, having examen artium, finished his secondary education in 1919. After undertaking some extra studies, he became a company manager in the 1920s and sole owner in 1930. Affected by the economic problems of the interwar period in Norway, the company was heavily indebted, but it survived. Mathiesen cooperated with innovative foresters, and managed to Rationalization (economics), rationalize. He stepped down as company leader in the 1950s to let his son take over. His son, Haaken Severin Mathiesen ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural Stand level modelling, stands. The science of forestry has elements that belong to the biological, physical, social, political and managerial sciences. Forest management plays an essential role in the creation and modification of habitats and affects ecosystem services provisioning. Modern forestry generally embraces a broad range of concerns, in what is known as multiple-use management, including: the provision of timber, fuel wood, wildlife habitat, natural Water resources, water quality management, recreation, landscape and community protection, employment, aesthetically appealing landscapes, biodiversity management, watershed management, erosion control, and preserving forests as "Carbon dioxide sink, sinks" for Earth's atmosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nansenskolen
The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy () is a folk high school in Lillehammer, Norway. History Nansen Academy was founded as a humanist and anti-totalitarian Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition from political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and completely controls the public sph ... institution. The school was named after polar explorer, scientist, author and humanist Fritjof Nansen, Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). His work embodied essential elements of humanism: active love of one's neighbour and freedom of thought. The school was established in 1938 by Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. (1894–1980) Bishop of the Diocese of Hamar together with future Norwegian Resistance Movement members Anders Platou Wyller (1903-1940) and Henriette Bie Lorentzen (1911–2001). Its first school year started in 1939. It was closed and dissolved during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
