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Norwegian organ builder (1892–1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josef Hilmar Jørgensen (March 28, 1892 – November 2, 1961) was a Norwegian organ builder.[1][2]
Jørgensen was the owner of the J. H. Jørgensen organ company. The company was originally called Olsen & Jørgensen from 1892 to 1925[3][4] (Jørgensen's partner Olsen had already withdrawn from work at the company in 1912).[4]
Jørgensen was born in Oslo, the son of the organ builder Jens Henrik Jørgensen (1864–1946) and his wife Marie Guldbrandsen (1869–1911).[2] On May 16, 1922 he married Annette Wirstad (1894–1991), the daughter of the wholesaler Ole Olsen Wirstad (1846–1923) and Karen Hansen (1855–?).[2] The couple's daughter Anne Marie Jørgensen is married to the politician Kåre Willoch.[2][5] Jørgensen died in Oslo.[2]
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