Background
He was born in Oslo to Petter Oskar Varner and Solveig Kleve.
He was born in Oslo to Petter Oskar Varner and Solveig Kleve.
He settled in Asker, where he died in 2001. Varner opened his first clothes store in Oslo in 1962. In 1967 he founded Dressmann, a chain of men"s clothing stores.
In 1986 he established the holding company Varner-Gruppen, which developed into the largest operator in the textile retailing trade in Norway.