Hans Christian Henriksen (25 June 1909 – 1983) was a Norwegian businessperson.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a son of Gustav Severin Henriksen

Gustav Henriksen

Gustav Severin Henriksen was the managing director of the Norwegian America Line from its inception in 1911 until his death in 1939....

 and Lisken Dall. In 1934 he married Agnes Cecilie Egeberg, a daughter of Einar Westye Egeberg, Jr.

Einar Westye Egeberg, Jr.

Einar Westye Egeberg, Jr. was a Norwegian businessperson.He was born in Kristiania. After middle school he attended the Öffentlichen Handelslehranstalt in Leipzig from 1899 to 1902. He worked with timber trade in London from 1902 to 1904 and studied languages in France from 1906 to 1907...

 and Kitty Parr. He became a student in 1927 and graduated from the University of Neuchâtel

University of Neuchâtel

The University of Neuchâtel is a French-speaking university in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The University has five faculties and more than a dozen institutes, including arts and human sciences, natural sciences, law, economics and theology. The Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences is the largest...

 in 1931 with a degree in economics.

He was hired in the Norwegian America Line

Norwegian America Line

Norwegian America Line , was a cruise ship line, originally an operator of passenger and cargo ships. Founded in 1910, the company ran a regular transatlantic service between Norway and the United States, and later to East Africa as well....

 in 1933 and worked as director of the Norwegian America Line Agency Inc in New York from 1935 to 1939. He returned to Norway as office manager in 1939, and became vice chief executive in 1947. He was then the chief executive officer from 1948 to 1973.

He chaired the Oslo Stock Exchange

Oslo Stock Exchange

The Oslo Stock Exchange serves as the main market for trading in the shares of Norwegian companies. It opens at 9:00am and closes 5:30pm local time...

 Committee from 1956 to 1970 and the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue from 1956 to 1961. He chaired Norsk Marconi Co and was a board member of Saudefaldene

Saudefaldene

Saudefaldene is a former hydroelectric power company in Sauda, Norway.It was founded in 1913 to harness hydropower in the Sauda Watershed. Building of power plants started in 1914, and power was delivered from 1919...

 and Electric Furnace Products Company

Sauda Smelteverk

Sauda Smelteverk is a smelting plant in Sauda, Norway.It was a plant for producing manganese alloys. It was founded in 1915, and the production was ready in 1923. Together with the hydropower deliverer company Saudefaldene it was owned by Union Carbide. It was named Electric Furnace Products...

 in Sauda

Sauda

is a municipality and industrial town in Rogaland county, Norway. It is part of the region of Ryfylke. Sauda was separated from Suldal in 1842...

, Meråker Smelteverk, Polaris-Norske Sjø, Skips-A/S Malmtransport, Assuranceforeningen Skuld

Assuranceforeningen Skuld

Assuranceforeningen Skuld is an international mutual marine insurance company based in Oslo, Norway that specializes in protection and indemnity insurance. Total premiums for own account for the 2008 insurance year were USD 190 million...

, Nordisk Defence Club

Nordisk Defence Club

The Nordisk Defence Club is an interest organisation operating in the Nordic countries.It was established in Copenhagen in 1889 and moved to Oslo in 1893 . Its purpose is to act as a law firm for the clients who have registered ships and oil rigs with the club.Chief executive since 2000 is Georg...

 and the Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Norwegian Shipowners' Association

The Norwegian Shipowners Association is an employers' organization and interest group for Norwegian shipping and offshore companies. The organization's primary fields are national and international industry policies, employer issues, competence and recruitment, environmental issues and innovation...

. He chaired the supervisory council of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, Akers Mekaniske Verksted and Brage-Fram.

He was deocrated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav (1956) and the Order of Vasa

Order of Vasa

The Royal Order of Vasa was a Swedish Royal order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III of Sweden...

, was an Officer of the Legion of Honour and the Order of Oranje-Nassau, was a Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite

Ordre National du Mérite

The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...

 and held the St. Olav's Medal.