Arnold Peter Møller
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Arnold Peter Møller | |
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Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (left) in Denmark, 1962. | |
Born | Dragør, Denmark | 2 October 1876
Died | 12 June 1965 Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged 88)
Nationality | Danish |
Occupation | Shipping |
Parent | Peter Mærsk Møller (father) |
Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish
Biography
A. P. Møller was the son of captain Peter Mærsk Møller and Anna Hans Jeppesen.[1] His mother came from a well-known shipping dynasty in Dragør and his maternal grandfather Hans Nielsen Jeppesen was known as "the King of Dragør". The Møller family moved to Svendborg on Funen after having lost a power struggle against Anna's sisters and their husbands.
In 1904, A. P. Møller and his father founded Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg (Steamship Company Svendborg) with a capital of
The First World War was a very lucrative period for the shipping business, and A. P. Møller managed to take full advantage of the opportunities. After the war, his company was the fourth biggest shipping company in Denmark. The company grew steadily in the interwar years and was the biggest in Denmark at the outbreak of the Second World War. Before the German invasion of Denmark in April 1940, A.P. Møller telegraphed his ships not to obey orders from the occupied Denmark.
A. P. Møller was also involved in business ventures outside the shipping industry. He secured a contract on drilling oil in the Danish part of the
References
- ^ "Four generations of the Møller family". Maersk. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Danmarks Radio, 30 June 2005
- ^ a b c d A.P. Møller at Gyldendal Encyklpædi
- Dansk Supermarked