Gustav Henriksen

Henriksen was born at Tune (now Sarpsborg) in Østfold, 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 of the Norwegian America Line (NAL) from its inception in 1911 until his death in 1939. He also served a long tenure as president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association.{{cite web|url= http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/norska_amerikalinje.htm|title= Norska Amerikalinje A/S|publisher= archive.is|accessdate= July 10, 2016|url-status= bot: unknown|archiveurl= https://archive.today/20120729182750/http://www.faktaomfartyg.nu/norska_amerikalinje.htm|archivedate= July 29, 2012}}{{cite web|url= http://www.norwayheritage.com/p_shiplist.asp?co=nalaa|title= The NAL - The Norwegian-America Line|publisher=norwayheritage.com|accessdate= July 10, 2016}}{{cite web|url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kielland/slekt/per00877.htm|title= Ole Røed Thoresen|publisher= rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate= July 10, 2016}}{{cite web

|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Gustav_Henriksen|title= Gustav Henriksen|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon|author= Atle Thowsen|accessdate= July 10, 2016}}

In 1908, he married Lisken Dall (1882–1974). Gustav Henriksen was the father of lawyer Rein Henriksen and of Hans Christian Henriksen who later served as chief executive officer of the Norwegian America Line.

{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Rein Henriksen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter |url=http://www.snl.no/Rein_Henriksen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}

{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.snl.no/Hans_Christian_Henriksen|title=Hans Christian Henriksen|encyclopedia=|editor=|publisher=Store norske leksikon |accessdate=July 10, 2016}}

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