Frank Varner

Frank Varner (14 July 1937 – 26 June 2001) was a Norwegian businessman.

He was born in Oslo to Petter Oskar Varner and Solveig Kleve. He settled in Asker- a suburb of Oslo- where he died in 2001.

He married Turid Iversen in 1961. Varner opened his first clothes store in Oslo in 1962. In 1967 he founded Dressmann, a chain of men's clothing stores.[1][2] In 1986 he established the holding company Varner-Gruppen, which developed into the largest operator in the textile retailing trade in Norway.[3]

References
  1. Smith-Meyer, Trond. "Frank Varner". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Frank Varner". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Varner-Gruppen AS". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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