About Mads Langaard
Lived 1815 – 1891 (aged 75). Mads Langaard was a Norwegian entrepreneur.
Mads Ellef Langaard (3 May 1815 – 23 March 1891) was a Norwegian brewery owner and industrialist. He was the founder of the brewery Frydenlunds bryggeri, now a division of Ringnes.
Personal life Langaard was born at Lillesand in Nedenes county, Norway to sea captain Mads Christian Langaard (1774–1854) and his wife, Ellevine Ellefsen (1792–1874). He was a brother of tobacco manufacturer Conrad Langaard and father of Christian Langaard, who succeeded in the management of Frydenlund Brewery.
He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1887. Mads Langaard died during 1891 and was buried on Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.
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Who was Mads Langaard?
Norwegian businessman
When was Mads Langaard born?
Mads Langaard was born on 3 May 1815 in Lillesand.
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Mads Langaard died on 23 March 1891 in Christiania.
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Mads Langaard was an entrepreneur.
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Mads Langaard was Norwegian.
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