Carl Fredrik Holmboe was a Norwegian engineer.

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 the only son of Jens Anton Holmboe and his third wife Marie Aarreberg. He had several half-brothers and half-sisters. His grandfather Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe

Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe

Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe was a Norwegian priest and politician.-Personal life:He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens . He had several brothers and sisters...

 was a priest and national politician.

Carl Fredrik Holmboe first made his mark by producing the technologically advanced factory of the company De-No-Fa in Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

. In 1915 he was hired as chief engineer in the company Lever Brothers

Lever Brothers

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, being promoted to technical director in 1921. He was then CEO of De-No-Fa from 1923 to 1946, except for the period between 1940 and 1946. De-No-Fa later merged with Lilleborg, and is today a part of the Orkla Group

Orkla Group

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