Great Northern Telegraph Company
Encyclopedia
The Great Northern Telegraph Company (Det Store Nordiske Telegrafselskab A/S, now known as GN Store Nord A/S) was a Danish
telegraph company founded in June 1869. Today, GN Store Nord A/S is a manufacturer of Jabra
brand headsets through its GN Netcom
division and of hearing instruments
and audiological diagnostics equipment
under the GN ReSound
brand.
It was set up as a merger of three recently established telegraph companies initiated by Carl Frederik Tietgen
. The aim of the firm was to create a worldwide telegraph company.
(ISIN code DK001027263-2).
near Copenhagen. Its former headquarters in Kongens Nytorv
, Copenhagen
was built in 1893 and still stands.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
telegraph company founded in June 1869. Today, GN Store Nord A/S is a manufacturer of Jabra
Jabra
Jabra develops, manufactures and markets wireless and corded headsets for mobile phone users, contact centres and office-based users. It is owned by . The Jabra subsidiary is based in Nashua, New Hampshire.-History:...
brand headsets through its GN Netcom
Jabra
Jabra develops, manufactures and markets wireless and corded headsets for mobile phone users, contact centres and office-based users. It is owned by . The Jabra subsidiary is based in Nashua, New Hampshire.-History:...
division and of hearing instruments
Hearing aid
A hearing aid is an electroacoustic device which typically fits in or behind the wearer's ear, and is designed to amplify and modulate sound for the wearer. Earlier devices, known as "ear trumpets" or "ear horns", were passive funnel-like amplification cones designed to gather sound energy and...
and audiological diagnostics equipment
Audiology
Audiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Its practitioners, who treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage are audiologists. Employing various testing strategies Audiology (from Latin , "to hear"; and from Greek , -logia) is...
under the GN ReSound
ReSound
GN ReSound is one of the World’s largest providers of hearing aids and diagnostic audiological instrumentation, represented in more than 80 countries...
brand.
It was set up as a merger of three recently established telegraph companies initiated by Carl Frederik Tietgen
Carl Frederik Tietgen
Carl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. The founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation today, he played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark...
. The aim of the firm was to create a worldwide telegraph company.
Stock listing
GN is listed on NASDAQ OMX CopenhagenCopenhagen Stock Exchange
The Copenhagen Stock Exchange or CSE is an international marketplace for Danish securities, including shares, bonds, treasury bills and notes, and financial futures and options...
(ISIN code DK001027263-2).
Headquarters
This company's headquarters is located at Lautrupbjerg 7 in BallerupBallerup
Ballerup Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. Approx. 15 km. From central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 34 km², and has a total population of 47,116 . It is also the name of the municipal seat,...
near Copenhagen. Its former headquarters in Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv
Kongens Nytorv is a public square in Copenhagen, Denmark, centrally located at the end of the pedestrian street Strøget. The finest and largest square of the city, it was laid out by Christian V in 1670 in connection with a major extension of the fortified city, and has an equestrian statue of...
, Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
was built in 1893 and still stands.
Directors
(Incomplete)- (1873-1908) Edouard Suenson
- (1908-1954) Kay Suenson
- (1954-) Bent Suenson
- (1987-1993) Thomas Duer
- (1995-2001) Jørgen Lindegaard