Knud Maartmann Ringnes (14 April 1875 – 1945) was a Norwegian businessman. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

, the eldest son of

Ellef Ringnes Ellef Ringnes (25 October 184215 March 1929) was a Norway, Norwegian brewer and patron. He was born at the Ringnes farm in Krødsherad, Buskerud to farmer Anders Knudsen Ringnes (1813–75) and his wife Maren Amundsdatter (1815–76). His father l ...

(1842–1929), brewery owner and benefactor, and his wife Kaja, née Maartmann (1851–1933). He was a nephew of Amund Ringnes and maternal grandson of

Knud Geelmuyden Fleischer Maartmann Knud Geelmuyden Fleischer Maartmann (1821–1888) was a Norwegian politician. Biografia He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1865, representing the urban constituency of Flekkefjord. He worked as a merchant in the city. He was re-electe ...

, his namesake. He graduated from Kristiania Technical School in 1896, and studied in England, the United States and at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

from 1898 to 1899. He was hired in

Ringnes Bryggeri Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway. owned by the Carlsberg Group. History Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the Grünerløkka district of Oslo produced its first beer in 1877. The brewery was founded by brothers Amund ...

in 1897, a brewery founded by his father and uncle. His uncle on the maternal side, Harald Sigvart Maartmann, took over the company in 1901, and Knud Ringnes became chief executive officer in 1921. He chaired the organization

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in Oslo from 1914 to 1918 and 1924 to 1929, and nationwide from 1919 to 1921. He was a board member of

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, the

Norwegian Maritime Museum The Norwegian Maritime Museum ( no, Norsk Maritimt Museum) is located at Bygdøynesveien on the Bygdøy peninsula, on the western side of Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Maritime Museum is situated near several other museums, including the Fram Muse ...

, Det Norske Travselskaps Landbane,

Holmenkollen Turisthotel Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel is a seminar and conference hotel in Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway, close to Holmenkollen National Arena and Holmenkollbakken, and the Holmenkollen station of the Oslo Metro. Opened in 1894, it was designed b ...

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and '' Norges Handels- & Sjøfartstidende''. He was a supervisory council member of

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(chair),

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Forsikringsaktieselskabet Norden Forsikringsselskapet Norden was a general insurance company based in Norway. It was founded as ''Brandforsikringsselskabet Norden'' on 4 April 1867, and began operating on 2 September the same year. Its first offices were located in ''Karl Johan ...

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and

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. He was a member of Oslo city council from 1916 to 1919, council member of the

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, chaired the committee for the conservation of the ship ''

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''. He was also a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram (not related to the ship) since 1936. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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. He was also rewarded crosses of the Austrian

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and the

German Red Cross Decoration The German Red Cross Decoration (german: Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes) is a decoration founded in 1922, replaced by the Social Welfare Decoration in 1939 and re-founded in its present form on 8 May 1953. It is awarded by the German ...

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