
Gustav Severin Henriksen (25 October 1872 – 8 October 1939) was a Norwegian Shipping Executive.
Biography
Henriksen was born at Tune (now
Sarpsborg
Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg.
Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...
) in
Ăstfold
Ăstfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (VĂ€stra Götaland County and VĂ€rmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other sid ...
, Norway. He was the son of Christian Henriksen (1829-1886) and Marthe Nielsen (1842-1923). After the death of his father in 1886, his mother moved the family of
Christiania (now Oslo), where he attended trade school. In 1889, he became an employee
of the Otto Thoresen Shipping Company (1889–1911).
Henriksen was the
managing director
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especiall ...
of the
Norwegian America Line
The Norwegian America Line ( no, Den Norske Amerikalinje), was a shipping line, originally an operator of ocean liners and cargo ships. Founded in 1910, the company ran a regular transatlantic service between Norway and the United States, and late ...
(NAL) from its inception in 1911 until his death in 1939. He also served a long tenure as president of the
Norwegian Shipowners' Association.
Personal life
In 1908, he married Lisken Dall (1882â1974). Gustav Henriksen was the father of lawyer
Rein Henriksen and of
Hans Christian Henriksen
Hans Christian Henriksen (25 June 1909 – 26 August 1983) was a Norwegian businessperson.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of Gustav Severin Henriksen and Lisken Dall. In 1934 he married Agnes Cecilie Egeberg, a daughter of Einar Westye E ...
who later served as chief executive officer of the Norwegian America Line.
References
1872 births
1939 deaths
People from Sarpsborg
Norwegian businesspeople in shipping
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