Ivar An Christensen
{{Short description|Norwegian ship owner}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|6|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mandal, Norway
| death_date = {{death date and age|1934|1|17|1868|6|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Zürich
| nationality = Norwegian
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Ivar An Christensen (29 June 1868 – 17 January 1934) was a Norwegian ship owner.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ivar An Christensen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ivar_An_Christensen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 June 2016}}
Biography
Christensen was born at Mandal in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Edmund Harris Christensen and Margrethe Rummelhoff. He first established himself as a ship broker at Haugesund in 1893. By 1912 he was the largest ship owner in Haugesund, with a fleet of eleven steam ships.
In 1912, he married Emmy Holter-Sørensen (1889-1970), daughter of wholesaler Peder Holter-Sørensen. The couple established residence at
Frederik Stangs gate 22-24 Kristiania (now Oslo). Their residence was designed by architect Arnstein Arneberg and now houses offices of Nordic Choice Hotels.{{cite web|url= https://www.digitalarkivet.no/nn/census/person/pf01053257013068
|title= Peder Holter Sørensen |publisher = 1885 Folketeljing for Kristiania|accessdate= July 1, 2017}}{{cite web
|url= http://wikimapia.org/14876629/Frederik-Stangs-gate-22-24 |title= Frederik Stangs gate 22-24 (Oslo)|publisher =Wikimapia
|accessdate= July 1, 2017}}
File:Frederik Stangs gate 22-24.jpg
Christensen was a central person in Norwegian shipping. In 1920 three of his companies were merged to form Ivarans Rederi. Christensen was the first chairman of the Norwegian Automobile Federation, and was among the largest financial supporters of the establishment of Det Nye Teater.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ivar An Christensen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Bjarne |last=Kortsen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Ivar_An_Christensen |accessdate=27 June 2016}}
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Category:People from Mandal, Norway
Category:Norwegian company founders
Category:Norwegian businesspeople in shipping
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