Gustav Henriksen

[1] Henriksen was born at Tune (now Sarpsborg) in Østfold, Norway.

He was the son of Christian Henriksen (1829-1886) and Marthe Nielsen (1842-1923).

After the death of his father in 1886, his mother moved the family of Christiania (now Oslo), where he attended trade school.

Henriksen was the managing director of the Norwegian America Line (NAL) from its inception in 1911 until his death in 1939.

He also served a long tenure as president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association.