Johan Christopher Fredrik Carl Richter (12 November 1901 – 13 June 1997) was a Norwegian-Swedish engineer, industrialist and inventor in the area of pulp and paper production.

He developed the continuous processes for the digesting and bleaching of wood pulp used by his paper company Kamyr (now part of Andritz AG and Valmet).

Later, Richter returned to Norway and settled in Oslo, where he joined Thunes Mechanical Workshop to continue his work on turbines.

[1][4][2] Myrens Verkstäder hired Richter to head up the organisation with the specific task to develop and market new technologies for bleaching and other innovations within pulp and paper.

During this period Richter had relocated to France and collaborated with his son, Ole Johan, who was building and testing equipment and eventually also adding to the patented solutions.