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Ole Aanderud Larsen ( December 18 , 1884 - October 6 , 1964 ) was a ship designer and businessman from Norway .

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 Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914. He was the first chairman and one of the founders of Jotun , 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.