Elias Cathrinus Kiær (27 February 1863 – 13 April 1939) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born at

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, Norway. He was as the son of wholesaler Hans Theodor Kiær (1827–1911) as well as being a grandson of

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and nephew of

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. Elias C. Kiær was also an uncle of paleontologist

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and organizational worker Dakky Kiær. In 1895 he took over the family company And. H. Kiær & Co from his uncle Anders—co-owners were his uncle Hans Theodor, first cousin Frits and Anders' son-in-law Peter Collett Solberg. The company was greatly expanded in the years before 1920, buying forest areas and founding paper mills and sawmills. However, following the economic hardships of the

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, the company declined. His son, Hans Th Kiær, had taken over as CEO in 1916 and his nephew

Thorry Kiær Thorvald "Thorry" Meyer Kiær (6 January 1888 – 29 June 1968) was a Norwegian industrialist. He was born in Aker to barrister Georg Fredrik Egidius Kiær and Julie Caroline Helene Løvenskiold. He was a brother of Dakky Kiær, and great- ...

also played an important role in the 1920s,

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1869 births 1931 deaths Norwegian businesspeople Businesspeople from Drammen

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