Ivar An Christensen
Norwegian ship owner
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Biography
Christensen was born at Mandal in Lister og Mandal county, 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.[2][3]
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.[4]