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Billionaire Grocery Chain Founder Dead at 69 | Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no

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Stein Erik Hagen revolutionized the Norwegian grocery business with the first “low-price” RIMI chain in 1977, and went on to become one of Norway’s wealthiest and socially committed businessmen. On Monday he died of a massive heart attack at home in Oslo, at the age of 69. “A pillar has passed away,” declared Nils K […]

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Stein Erik Hagen, the founder of the Rimi retail chain and businessman, died on Monday at the age of 69, Reuters reports.

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Died suddenly in his home after a cardiac arrest, Norwegian media reports.

The Norwegian company Orkla also announced Hagen's passing.

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Stein Erik Hagen, chairman of the board of Norwegian corporation Orkla, died on May 4, 2026, at the age of 69. He had served on the board of Orkla since 2004 and was elected chairman in 2006. S. E. Hagen and his children own Canica and related companies, which together own 25% of Orkla's shares, the company said on Tuesday.

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One of Norway's most influential businessmen, Stein Erik Hagen, died at the age of 69 at his home in Oslo.

Stein Erik Hagen's sudden death has shocked the country and struck the monarch's closest environment

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E24 broke the news in Oslo, Norway on Monday, May 4, 2026.
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