Carl Fredrik Holmboe

Carl Fredrik Holmboe (25 August 1882 – 15 January 1960) was a Norwegian engineer and business executive.

[1] He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as the only son of Jens Anton Holmboe (1828-92) and his third wife Marie Aarreberg (1842-1917).

His grandfather Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe was a priest and national politician.

He first made his mark by producing the technologically advanced factory at Fredrikstad for the company Denofa.

In 1915 he was hired as chief engineer in the company Lever Brothers, being promoted to technical director in 1921.