Anders Jordahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian businessman
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Place of Birth: Elverum, Hedmark, Norway
About Anders Jordahl
- Anders Olsen Jordahl (April 4, 1878 – February 18, 1969) was a Norwegian-American engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. Anders Olsen Jordahl was born at Elverum in Hedmark, Norway.
- His parents were Ole Jordahl and Mary (Furer) Jordahl.
- His father was a schoolteacher.
- His family was originally from the traditional district of Nordmøre.
- In the first years of the new century, Jordahl met the young Swedish civil engineer Ivar Kreuger in the United States.
- They were both interested in reinforced concrete building design and construction, and worked for a few years in the building industry in the United States.
- After their work together, both returned to Europe to promote their modern ideas. In 1907, Ivar Kreuger acquired the European marketing rights for Kahneisen, a system for reinforced concrete construction invented by Julius Kahn during 1903.
- In Germany, Jordahl and Kreuger, formed the company Deutsche Kahneisen Gesellschaft mbH (now Jordahl GmbH) in 1913.
- Through this company, Jordahl developed and patented an anchor channel for reinforced concrete buildings.
- He designed a C-shaped profile in 1913 which was moulded into walls and used as reinforcement and connection device at the same time.
- This was the first anchor channel ever developed.
- The patent for this invention was granted to Jordahl on December 11, 1913.Kreuger had not only studied building design in America, but also the workings of the stock exchange.
- He returned to Sweden, and became a famous, (and later infamous) tycoon.
- For a short period the two friends ran a restaurant in South Africa.
- They continued a personal relation during following years until Kreuger's death in 1932. In 1941, Jordahl moved to Millstone, New Jersey, where he died in 1969.
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