Herman Salling, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Herman Salling

Danish businessman

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1919

Date of Death: 08-May-2006

Profession: entrepreneur, merchant

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Herman Christian Salling (born 20 November 1919 in Aarhus; died 8 May 2006) was a Danish merchant and director.
He was a pioneer in the department store and retail business in Denmark.
Herman Salling was the son of local merchant Ferdinand Salling (1880 - 1953) who founded the Salling department store in 1906 in Aarhus.
Herman inherited and became director of the Salling department store in 1953.
He evolved the business and also started føtex in 1960, the first real supermarket in Denmark.
With Danish shipping businessman A.P.
Møller, he founded Dansk Supermarked A/S in 1964..
In 1970, as part of the Dansk Supermarket Group, Herman Salling launched Bilka, the very first hypermarket in Denmark.
Bilka is located in Tilst, a western suburb of Aarhus.