Peter J. K. Petersen

Peter Johan Kay Petersen (9 June 1821 – 15 March 1896) was a Norwegian businessperson, known for his long leadership in the companies Peter Petersen & Co and Nydalens Compagnie as well as the construction of the building complex Victoria Terrasse, formerly known as Petersborg.

He was born in Christiania (now Oslo) as a son of merchant Sigwardt Blumenthal Petersen (1788–1865) and Elisabeth Carina Wiinholdt (1791–1826). He was a first cousin of Siegwart Petersen, uncle of Sigvart Petersen and great-granduncle of Carl Emil Petersen.

In January 1848 he married physician's daughter Nolda Døderlein (1820–1907). She was Danish. The couple did not have children of their own, but when Petersen's sister-in-law and her husband died, they adopted their nephew Peter Arnoldus Petersen.

In 1846, Peter Petersen received his burghership in Christiania, and took over his father's dry goods store, including the building at Karl Johans gate 16. The company was later named Peter Petersen & Co, and expanded considerably. While running this company, Petersen also forayed into other branches of enterprise. He became manager of the textile manufacturer Nydalens Compagnie in 1858 and served as such until 1889. He was also chairman of the board from 1868 to his death in 1896. He also founded Christiania Mekaniske Væveri in 1847 together with Iver Olsen and the Nydalens Compagnie associates Adam Hiorth, Hans Gulbranson and Oluf Nicolai Roll, and was among the owners of Grorud Kledefabrikk. He chaired the traders' interest group Christiania Handelsstands Forening from 1874 to 1880 and 1882 to 1886, and later became an honorary member. He was appointed Austrian consul in 1866, and consul general for the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1874.

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