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Ranheim Papirfabrikk AS was a Norwegian industrial company, which ran a paper factory with the same name at 
In 1891 it was changed from a cellulose factory to a paper factory, and the name changed accordingly. The founder's son Lauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt, who worked there from 1884 to 1894, was important in this development. In 1894 the Jenssen family did not manage to run the factory any more, and the shares were taken over by Christian Christophersen.
The factory survived and was dominating in its field north of
Ranheim
Ranheim is a neighbourhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Østbyen in Trondheim Municipality. The neighbourhood is approximately to the east of the centre of Trondheim. It comprises Older ...
, Trondheim
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, Norway
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The construction of it started in 1882, and it was opened as ''Ranheims Cellulosefabrik'' in 1884 by businessperson and politician Lauritz Jenssen
Lauritz Jenssen (25 March 1837 – 7 June 1899) was a Norway, Norwegian businessperson and politician. A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondheim (city), Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheim Papirfabrikk, Ranheims Papirfabrik, ...
, a son of Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen who had bought the farm Ranheim and started developing industry there. The factory utilized water from the nearby river Vikelva. The factory also utilized an industrial railroad track, running off of the Nordland Line from Ranheim Station.
In 1891 it was changed from a cellulose factory to a paper factory, and the name changed accordingly. The founder's son Lauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt, who worked there from 1884 to 1894, was important in this development. In 1894 the Jenssen family did not manage to run the factory any more, and the shares were taken over by Christian Christophersen.
The factory survived and was dominating in its field north of Dovrefjell
Dovrefjell is a mountain range in Central Norway that forms a natural barrier between Eastern Norway and Trøndelag. The mountain range is located in Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal, and Trøndelag counties in Norway. As a result of its central loca ...
, until the 1960s when it got a sizeable competitor in Nordenfjelske Treforedling. Ranheim Papirfabrikk became a part of Norske Skogindustrier in 1971. In 1983 the company was sold to the conglomerate M. Peterson & Søn, founded in 1801 in Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
. Following a later reorganization the production unit at Ranheim has been split in two; ''Peterson Linerboard AS, Ranheim'' and ''Peterson Emballasje AS, Ranheim'', parts the two main branches ''Peterson Linerboard'' and ''Peterson Packaging'' respectively. However the factory still exists.
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* {{Authority control Manufacturing companies established in 1884 Pulp and paper companies of Norway Companies based in Trondheim Defunct pulp and paper companies Pulp and paper mills in Norway Norske Skog Buildings and structures in Trondheim Norwegian companies established in 1884