Christian Ringnes (born 3 March 1954) is a Norwegian businessman and art collector whose family founded Norway’s now largest brewery Ringnes in 1876. In his hometown of Oslo, Ringnes owns restaurants, hotels and museums, and recently donated more than $70 million for the creation of a large sculpture and cultural park, which opened in 2013.[1]The Wall Street Journal ranks it as one of the top five parks in the world.[2] Over decades Ringnes has built one of the largest private collections of art in the world.[3]
Ringnes holds an MBA from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and an MBA from Harvard Business School in the United States. He has been an active real estate investor since 1984, and is currently the largest shareholder and CEO of real estate companies Eiendomsspar and Victoria Eiendom.
In 2001 he bought the dilapidated Ekeberg Restaurant in Oslo, not far from the place where Edvard Munch painted The Scream. He renovated it and opened the restaurant in 2005. He has also given Oslo the sculptures Peacock Fountain at the National Theatre station and Kate Moss at the Opera Passage. The Marketing Association in Oslo appointed Ringnes to "Oslo Ambassador " for his efforts to promote Oslo as a city and destination. In 2005 he was awarded the honorary award "City Patriot " by Oslo. In 2013 he was voted "citizen of the year "[4] by the readers of Norway's largest media outlet Aftenposten.
At the age of seven, Ringnes developed a hobby after he received an unusual gift from his father: a half-empty Gordon's Gin miniature liquor bottle. It was this afterthought of a gift that led him on a path towards amassing what is recognized today as the largest mini-bottle collection in the world with over 52,000 miniature liquor bottles commissioned to a three-story museum in Oslo.[5]
^"24-hour arty people: an all-night sculpture park opens in Oslo". The Guardian.
^"Five of the World's Best Sculpture Parks". The Wall Street Journal.
^"Sculpture in a Norwegian Wood". The New York Times.
^"Citizen of the year". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
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Stavrum, Gunnar. "Christian Ringnes". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 July 2012.
ChristianRingnes (born 3 March 1954) is a Norwegian businessman and art collector whose family founded Norway’s now largest brewery Ringnes in 1876. In...
Ringnes is the largest brewer in Norway. Ringnes is part of the Carlsberg Group. Ringnes AS was founded in 1876. The company's brewery in the Grünerløkka...
the initiative of the Norwegian businessman and multimillionaire ChristianRingnes. The park contains numerous works of art from Norwegian and international...
It lies east of Ellef Ringnes Island, west of Axel Heiberg Island. Hassel Sound separates Amund Ringnes Island from Ellef Ringnes Island. Hendriksen Strait...
the City of Oslo and sculptures owned by the ChristianRingnes instituted foundation, C Ludens Ringnes Foundation. It was fully established in February...
was named to honour Ellef Ringnes, one of the principal patrons of the expedition. At the time of the discovery of Ellef Ringnes Island, the expedition was...
Fearless Girl". www.fearlessgirl.us. Retrieved November 22, 2022. "ChristianRingnes satte kunstverk utenfor den iranske ambassaden". www.vg.no (in Norwegian...
Sculpture Park is the nearest neighbor. The restaurant has been owned by ChristianRingnes since 2005. The Functionalist building was first completed in 1929...
astrological clock was donated by ChristianRingnes and features artwork designed by artists Elena Engelsen and Per Ung. Ringnes explained during his unveiling...
1999 ChristianRingnes and his company Eiendomsspar acquired a 35 percent share in Choice Hotels Scandinavia. After a short power struggle, Ringnes folded...
2012 71 Anders Lettström, Steinar Sagen, Tore Sagen, First Aid Kit, ChristianRingnes, Michael Kiwanuka 3 February 2012 72 Mona Sahlin, Jonas Gahr Støre...
September 2013 Ingrid Olava and Kristian Valen 6 26 September 2013 ChristianRingnes and Harald Eia 7 1 October 2013 Per Kristian Thorsland, Per Heimly...
Ellef Ringnes Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Cornwall Island,[citation needed] Graham Island,[citation needed] Meighen Island, King Christian Island,...
Norwegian beer market is dominated by two large brewers: The major Carlsberg-Ringnes based in Oslo and Copenhagen, Denmark, and the smaller Hansa Borg Bryggerier...
Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Bathurst Island, Borden Island, Cornwall Island, Cornwallis Island, Devon Island, Eglinton Island, Ellef Ringnes...
the northern Queen Elizabeth Islands, include: Amund Ringnes Island Axel Heiberg Island Ellef Ringnes Island Haig-Thomas Island The Parry Islands, an archipelago...
the Arctic Ocean, 13.5 km (8.4 mi) from the southwestern coast of Ellef Ringnes Island, separated by the Danish Strait. The first European to visit the...
natural waterway separates Thor Island to the north-west and Ellef Ringnes Island to the north and east from King Christian Island to the south. v t e...
Canada, mainly by long sledge journeys. These included Ellef Ringnes Island, King Christian Island. From 1903 to 1905, he participated in the French military...
islands to the west of Ellesmere Island, namely Axel Heiberg, Amund Ringnes and Ellef Ringnes, collectively known as the Sverdrup Islands. In adopting Inuit...
largest island Ellef Ringnes Island, world's 69th largest island Amund Ringnes Island, world's 111th largest island King Christian Island Meighen Island...
by Nora Industries (Norwegian: Nora Industrier), which also owned the Ringnes brewery and Nora Mineral Water (Norwegian: Nora Mineralvann). The Schou...
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