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Gunerius Pettersen


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1921

Gunerius Pettersen (1921)

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

He was born at the islet Lille Herbern, and grew up in Frogner. 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.

Gunerius Pettersen attended Oslo Commerce School and took higher education in St. Gallen. He inherited the family company in 1947, and owned it for some time together with Hjalmar's son Christian Børs Pettersen. 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. Pettersen also served as consul for Bolivia.

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.

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Gunerius Pettersen (1921) Wikipedia