Holm Jølsen | |
Birth Date: | 6 December 1833 |
Birth Place: | Rælingen in Akershus, Norway |
Death Place: | Enebakk in Akershus, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Industrial pioneer and plant owner |
Known For: | Father of writer Ragnhild Jølsen |
Holm Pedersen Jølsen (6 December 1833 - 1 August 1906) was a Norwegian industrial pioneer and plant owner.[1]
He was born near the village Rælingen in Akershus, Norway. In 1859 he took over the family farm Ekeberg in the parish of Enebakk (Ekeberg gård i Enebakk). In 1866, he established Jølsens Tændstikfabrik, which developed into one of the larger match factory in Norway in the 1870s, with about 300 employees. In 1886, the factory was re-located from Ekebergdalen to Bryn in Aker. In 1887 he established Enebak Cellulosefabrik, which was one of the first pulp mills in Norway. Following a large fire in 1893, Jølsen was bankrupt.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Holm Jølsen was married to Pauline Lovise Holmsen (1836–1903). Their daughter Ragnhild Jølsen (1875-1908) was the subject of the book Drømmen og hjulet written by Jens Bjørneboe and published in 1964.[6] [7]