Gustav Henriksen

Gustav Severin Henriksen was a Norwegian Shipping Executive.

Biography

Henriksen was born at Tune in Østfold, Norway. He was the son of Christian Henriksen and Marthe Nielsen. After the death of his father in 1886, his mother moved the family of Christiania, where he attended trade school. In 1889, he became an employee
of the Otto Thoresen Shipping Company.
Henriksen was the managing director of the Norwegian America Line from its inception in 1911 until his death in 1939. He also served a long tenure as president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association.

Personal life

In 1908, he married Lisken Dall. Gustav Henriksen was the father of lawyer Rein Henriksen and of Hans Christian Henriksen who later served as chief executive officer of the Norwegian America Line.