Gunerius Pettersen (1921)

Gunerius Shoppingsenter.

Gunerius "Gun" Pettersen (4 June 1921 - 6 May 2012[1]) is a Norwegian businessperson.

He was born at the islet Lille Herbern, and grew up in Frogner.[2] He was a grandson of merchant Axel Pettersen, who owned the company Gunerius Pettersen A/S (now: Gunerius Shoppingsenter). Axel owned the company, which was founded by Gunerius Pettersen, together with Harald, Gunerius and Carl Pettersen who were all Gunerius Pettersen's granduncles. A fourth granduncle was Hjalmar Pettersen, the noted a librarian and bibliographer.[3][4]

Gunerius Pettersen attended Oslo Commerce School and took higher education in St. Gallen. He inherited the family company in 1947,[5] and owned it for some time together with Hjalmar's son Christian Børs Pettersen.[3] Later, his own brother Axel Gunerius Pettersen replaced Christian Børs Pettersen as co-owner. In their time, the family company was expanded from operating a shopping centre to additional ownerships, such as the chain Bonus.[2] Pettersen also served as consul for Bolivia.[5]

He was an active yacht racer. He has been chairman of the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club, as well as founder and board member of the Norwegian Sailing Federation.[2][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Gunerius Pettersen" (PDF). aftenposten. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gunerius Pettersen – seiler og forretningsmann – 50 år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 3 June 1971. p. 14.
  3. 1 2 "100 år siden Gunerius Pettersen ble grunnlagt". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 24 May 1952. p. 5.
  4. ↑ Hald, Odd Heide (2003). "Hjalmar Pettersen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). 7. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "Jubilanter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Dagens navn". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 June 1981. p. 10.


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