Herman Christian Salling (born 20 November 1919 in Aarhus; died 8 May 2006) was a Danish merchant and director.
Herman inherited and became director of the Salling department store in 1953.
He evolved the business and also started føtex in 1960, the first real supermarket in Denmark.
[2] In 1970, as part of the Dansk Supermarket Group, Herman Salling launched Bilka, the very first hypermarket in Denmark.
Bilka is located in Tilst, a western suburb of Aarhus.