Lauritz Jenssen

A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheims Papirfabrik, and also served one term in the Parliament of Norway.

He was born in Ranheim[1] as a son of businessman Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen (1801–1859) and his wife Karen Amalie Hagerup (1811–1890).

He enrolled as a student in 1854, and after graduating in machine engineering from the Polytechnische Schule Karlsruhe in 1860, Lauritz Jenssen returned to Norway.

[2] His mother, who, being a widow, had run the farm for one year,[1] but Jenssen became manager in 1860 and owner in 1867.

Jenssen served as its technical director for some years, but the factory struggled financially and it was taken over by Christian Christophersen in 1894.