Ole Aanderud Larsen

{{Short description|Norwegian engineer}}

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Ole Aanderud Larsen (18 December 1884 – 6 October 1964) was a ship designer and businessman from Norway.

Larsen was born in Tønsberg and died in Sandefjord, in the county of Vestfold. Larsen is best known for designing the Endurance, the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914.{{cite web|url= http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/History/antarctic_ships/endurance.php

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|url= https://skipshistorie.net/Sandefjord/SFJ002ThorDahl/Tekster/SFJ00219130400000%20POLARIS.htm |title= 1913 Ds/Bark Polaris (Endurance)

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Larsen was the first chairman and one of the founders of Jotun Group Private Ltd., a company started by Odd Gleditsch to sell specialized paints and coatings to the shipping industry.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Jotun_A%2FS|title= Jotun A/S|publisher =Store norske leksikon|accessdate= January 1, 2017 }}{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Odd_Gleditsch|title= Odd Gleditsch|publisher =Store norske leksikon|accessdate= January 1, 2017 }}

Jotun has since expanded worldwide and now sells a diverse range of paints and coatings for all kind of industries.{{cite web|url= http://wwwda.jotun.com/www/com/20020113.nsf?OpenDatabase&db=/www/com/20020119.nsf&v=10FE&e=uk&m=976&c=DDB99667A9037E7FC1256C0200266A00|title= Jotun Kemiske Fabriker A/S|publisher = Jotun

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