Finn Haldorsen (5 September 1934 – February 4, 2005) was a Norwegian-born businessman. Finn Haldorsen was born in 1934 in Rubbestadneset, Norway, to Haldor Haldorsen and Anne Serine Haldorsen. After his military service, he graduated from the University of Cardiff in 1961 in mechanical engineering, before returning to Norway to work at his father's engine factory. Haldorsen was best known for starting the Rubb Group in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

in 1968. Rubb Group was named for his home town of

Rubbestadneset Rubbestadneset is a village in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on a peninsula on the eastern side of the island of Bømlo, about east of the municipal centre of Svortland. The Stokksundet strait lies to t ...

. Haldorsen's goal was to build a fabric covered building that would withstand the harsh Norwegian climate. His success with this effort lead to him moving to

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to start Rubb Buildings Ltd. in 1977. When this company was firmly established under the leadership of Bill Wood, he moved to

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, and established Rubb Inc. in the United States which today is under the leadership of David C. Nickerson.''Rubb Building Systems. 2006''
Haldorsen was married, and had 3 sons and 1 daughter.

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Zurhaar & Rubb ASRubb Buildings Ltd website
1934 births 2005 deaths People from Bømlo American company founders American manufacturing businesspeople Norwegian company founders Mechanical engineers Technology company founders {{US-business-bio-1930s-stub 20th-century American businesspeople