Background
He was born in Tønsberg, and died in Sandefjord, in the county of Vestfold.
He was born in Tønsberg, and died in Sandefjord, in the county of Vestfold.
Larsen is best known for designing the Endurance, the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the Imperial Transport-Antarctic Expedition in 1914. He was the first chairman and one of the founders of Jotun Group Private Limited., a company started in Sandefjord to sell specialized paints and coatings to the shipping industry that has expanded worldwide and now sells a diverse range of paints and coatings for all kind of industries.