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15 February, 2023

Josef Hilmar Jørgensen

 

Josef Hilmar Jørgensen was a Norwegian organ builder.

Jørgensen was the owner of the J. H. Jørgensen organ company. The company was originally called Olsen & Jørgensen from 1892 to 1925 (Jørgensen's partner Olsen had already withdrawn from work at the company in 1912).

Jørgensen was born on March 28, 1892 in Oslo, the son of the organ builder Jens Henrik Jørgensen (1864–1946) and his wife Marie Guldbrandsen (1869–1911). On May 16, 1922 he married Annette Wirstad (1894–1991), the daughter of the wholesaler Ole Olsen Wirstad (1846–1923) and Karen Hansen (1855–?). The couple's daughter Anne Marie Jørgensen is married to the politician Kåre Willoch. 

Jørgensen died on November 2, 1961 in Oslo.