About Mads Clausen
Lived 1905 – 1966 (aged 60). Mads Clausen was a Danish businessperson.
Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg.
He married Dorthea "Bitten" Emma Clausen (née Dorthea Emma Andkjær Hinrichsen; 1912–2016) in 1939. The couple had five children: Karin Clausen (b. 1940) Bente Clausen (b. 1942) Jørgen Mads Clausen (b. 1948), chairman of Danfoss's board of directors Peter Johan Mads Clausen (b. 1949) Henrik Mads Clausen (b. 1953)
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Who was Mads Clausen?
Danish businessman (1905–1966)
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Mads Clausen was born on 21 October 1905 in Elsmark.
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Mads Clausen died on 27 August 1966 in Elsmark.
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Mads Clausen was a businessperson.
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Mads Clausen was Danish.
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