About Ole Gabriel Kverneland
Lived 1854 – 1941 (aged 86). Ole Gabriel Kverneland was a Norwegian businessperson.
Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Kverneland (29 May 1854 – 11 May 1941) was a Norwegian ploughsmith and factory owner. He was the founder of the Kverneland Group.
Personal life Kverneland was born at Time in Rogaland, Norway. He was a son of farmer and blacksmith Gabriel Olsen Kverneland and Marta Bore. He was the second youngest among twelve siblings. He married Serina Larsdatter Skjelset in 1876; she died in 1879. In 1880 he married Anna Malena Aadnesdatter Aasland.
He established the factory Kverneland Fabrikk in 1879 in the village of Kvernaland in Time .
Kverneland participated in local politics and development. He was elected to the municipal council of Time Municipality, and was a co-founder of the local savings bank, Time sparebank. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1938.
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Who was Ole Gabriel Kverneland?
Norwegian businessperson
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Ole Gabriel Kverneland was born on 29 May 1854 in Time Municipality.
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Ole Gabriel Kverneland died on 11 May 1941 in Rogaland.
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Ole Gabriel Kverneland was a businessperson.
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Ole Gabriel Kverneland was Norwegian.
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