Conrad Langaard
Conrad Christian Parnemann Langaard (18 November 1823 – 11 August 1897) was a Norwegian businessman. He was the founder of the tobacco company, Conrad Langaard A/S.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
Langaard was born at Lillesand in Aust-Agder, Norway as a son of sea captain Mads Christian Langaard (1774–1854) and Ellevine Ellefsen (1792–1874). He was a brother of Mads Langaard[3] Through him, he was an uncle of business executive Christian Langaard and a grand-uncle of art historian Johan Henrik Langaard (1899- 1988).[4][5]
From March 1857 he was married to Henriette Bull (1829–1867), and from February 1869 he was married to Andrea Serene Jensen (1821–1894), a sister of Lutheran priest and dramatist Peter Andreas Jensen (1812-1867).[1] Through his son, factory owner Rasmus Agerup Langaard (1860–1908), he was a grandfather of tennis player Conrad Langaard.[6]
In 1841, he moved to Christiania (now Oslo) with his brother Mads Langaard, who later founded Frydenlunds Brewery A/S. He entered the tobacco industry in 1849, and founded the eponymous company Conrad Langaard A/S in 1854. Starting from a tobacco factory in Oslo, the company eventually became Norway's largest wholesale distributor of tobacco products. Langaard was also a ship-owner, and became one of the wealthiest persons in Norway.[7] Conrad Langaard died in 1897 and business management was then taken over by his only son Rasmus Langaard. The company he founded still exists as a division of Olav Thon Group.[8]
Olav Thon Group (Olav Thon Gruppen) is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation (Olav Thon Stiftelsen). Olav Thon Group operates primarily in the retail and hotel sectors. It hold a position in shopping centers located in Norway and Sweden as well as Thon Hotels which is one of Norway's leading hotel chains.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hodne, Fritz. "Conrad Langaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Vår Historie". Conrad Langaard AS. Archived from the original on October 26, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Fritz Hodne. "Mads Langaard". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Sørensen, Bodil. "Christian Langaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Langaard". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ Genealogical entry Archived May 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine for Rasmus Agerup Langaard
- ^ "Conrad Christian Parnemann Langaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Olav Thon Gruppen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
- ^ "Om Olav Thon Gruppen". Olav Thon Gruppen. Archived from the original on October 28, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Olav Thon Stiftelsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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