Emil Steen (1887–1950), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Emil Steen (1887–1950)

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1887

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1950

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Emil Steen (29 March 1887 – 1950) was a Norwegian businessman. He was born in Kristiania as a son of businessman Christian Strøm Steen (1854–1932) and Lilli Bing (1865–1935).
He was thus a brother of Nils Steen, grandson of Peter Emil Steen, nephew of Johan and Emil Steen, and a first cousin of Erling and Fredrik Steen. He finished Kristiania Commerce School in 1908.
In 1912 he was hired as a wholesaler in Harald Ohlsen & Co.
He became a co-owner of the company in 1916.
In 1926 he became chief executive of Sætre Kjeksfabrikk.He was a board member of Steen & Strøm and Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet, national board member of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, supervisory council member of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, Christiania Spigerverk, Holter-Sørensens Tankrederi, Hippodromen AS, and Forsikringsselskapet Norden.
He was also a deputy member of the national price committee for liquor after the Second World War.Together with Ragnhild Berg he had the son Christian Steen, who became chief executive of Steen & Strøm.
Emil Steen died in October 1950.
Marshals at his funeral were Harald Borchgrevink and Mogens Christensen.