Arnold Eugen Eeimann (15 April 1889 – 1 January 1956) was a Danish landowner and businessman. He founded the shipping company A/S Motortramp and was a majority shareholder in the shipping companies D(S Orient and D.(S Norden. He was the younger brother of Christiane Reimann. He owned Stensbygård on southern Zealand.
Early life
editReimann was born on 15 April 1889 in Copenhagen as the second of four children of Carl Christian Frederik Reimann and Margit Meisterlin. His father was a successful broker. His paternal grandfather was the bank manager Arnold Wugen Reimann.[1] His elder sister was the nurse Christiane Reimann.[2]
Landowner
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In 1923, Reimann bought Stensbygård at Langebæj on the southern tip of Zealand. He had a very fine herd of Danish Red and many experiments were carried out on the estate to promote good feeding and a high milk yield.[3]
Shipping
editIn 1923, Reimann became a co-owner of D/S Orient. In 1925, he also established the shipping company A/S Motortramp. From 1930, he held the post as deputy Chairman of D/S Orient. He gradually increased his interests in the company.[4]
In 1946, with A/S Motortramp as a majority shareholder, D/S Orient engaged in a close operational collaboration with D/S Norden. in 1946, D/S Orient began to buy shares in D/S Norden. The acquisitions continued until Orient in 1955 had achieved the status of majority shareholder.
Personal life and legacy
editReimann was married to Gunvor Reimann. They had four daughters.[5]
D/SOrient merged in 1994 with the D/S Norden, formally with D&S Orient as the continueing company but under the D/S Norden name. Reimann's daughterAlison Johanne F. Riegels served as deputy chairman of D/S Norden for many years. In 2016, she was succeeded by her daughter Johanne Riegels Østergård. Johanne Riegels Østergaard and her sister Alison Riegels Melchior own 15 and 10 percent of D/S Norden, respectively. The foundation Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Orient's Fond, owns between 50 and 66 percent of A/S Motortramp, which in turn owns between 25 and 33 percent of D/S Norden. F/S Norden's former head office at Amaliegade 49 is also owned by the foundation.[6]
References
edit- ^ "A.E. Reimann". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Christiane Reimann". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Stensbygårds ejendomme, ejere og personale". laloar.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Dampskibsselskabet Orient's historie". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Folketælling - 1940 - Arnold Eugen Reimann". danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Svigermor var en af verdens rigeste kvinder – men mormor var dansk: Kronprins Frederiks veninde stammer fra rig dansk familie". BT (in Danish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.