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Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
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Mads Clausen
1905-10-21 – 1966-08-27
Life & Legacy
Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg.
He married Dorthea "Bitten" Emma Clausen (née Dorthea Emma Andkjær Hinrichsen; 1912–2016) in 1939. The couple had five children:
Karin Clausen (b. 1940)
Bente Clausen (b. 1942)
Jørgen Mads Clausen (b. 1948), chairman of Danfoss's board of directors
Peter Johan Mads Clausen (b. 1949)
Henrik Mads Clausen (b. 1953)
Occupation & Career
businessperson
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
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Knight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog
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Family Child
Jørgen Mads Clausen
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Family Child
Peter Mads Clausen
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Family Spouse
Bitten Clausen
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Sources & Provenance
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