Conrad Langaard

Conrad Christian Parnemann Langaard (18 November 1823 – 11 August 1897) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was the founder of the tobacco company, Conrad Langaard A/S.[1] [2]

For the tennis player, see Conrad Langaard (tennis).

Biography

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
  1. Hodne, Fritz. "Conrad Langaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  2. "Vår Historie". Conrad Langaard AS. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  3. Fritz Hodne. "Mads Langaard". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  4. Sørensen, Bodil. "Christian Langaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  5. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Langaard". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  6. Genealogical entry Archived May 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine for Rasmus Agerup Langaard
  7. "Conrad Christian Parnemann Langaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  8. "Olav Thon Gruppen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  9. "Om Olav Thon Gruppen". Olav Thon Gruppen. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  10. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Olav Thon Stiftelsen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.


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