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{{short description|Norwegian politician}}

[[Image:JohanHenrikAndresen-1815-1874OB.F03355A (cropped).jpg|thumb|Johan Henrik Andresen in 1870. Photo by Frederik Klem.]]
'''Johan Henrik Andresen''' (25 March 1815 &ndash; 5 June 1874) was a Norwegian merchant, factory owner and politician.

==Biography==
Andresen was born in [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of [[Nicolai Andresen]] and Engel Johanne Christiane Reichborn. He was a brother of banker [[Nicolay August Andresen]] and silver mines manager Carl Ferdinand Andresen (1824–1890). He attended the  Møller Institute (''Møllers Institut'')   in Christiania.<ref>{{cite web|url=    http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10127
|title=  Carl Ferdinand Andresen|publisher=  Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS |accessdate= June 30, 2016}}</ref>

He bought the tobacco factory [[J. L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik]] from Johann Ludwig Tiedemann in 1849. He subsequently developed both the factory and his merchandise to significant sizes. He was a member of the city council of Christiania from 1856 to 1863. Andresen was selected as an alternate  to the [[Norwegian Parliament]] from the cities of Christiania, [[Hønefoss]] and [[Kongsvinger]] from 1868-1869 and from 1871-1873.<ref>{{cite web|url=    https://snl.no/J._L._Tiedemanns_Tobaksfabrik|title =   J. L. Tiedemanns Tobaksfabrik|publisher =   Store norske leksikon|accessdate= June 30, 2016}}</ref>

He wrote the book ''Om Myntforandringen'', published in 1873.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johan Henrik Andresen - 1 |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Sverre |last=Knutsen |authorlink= |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://nbl.snl.no/Johan_Henrik_Andresen_-_1 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=3 June 2014}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johan Henrik Andresen – 1815-74 |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Johan_Henrik_Andresen%2F1815-74 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=3 June 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was married to Petra Juell (1829-1917). He was the father of factory owner Nicolai Andresen (1853–1923),  grandfather of factory owner [[Johan H. Andresen]] and great-grandfather of [[Johan H. Andresen jr.]]

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[[Category:1815 births]]
[[Category:1874 deaths]]
[[Category:Politicians from Oslo]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Oslo]]
[[Category:Norwegian businesspeople in the tobacco industry]]
[[Category:Members of the Storting]]
[[Category:19th-century Norwegian businesspeople]]


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