Mads Clausen

Mads Clausen (21 October 1905 – 27 August 1966) born in Elsmark, parish of Havnbjerg, municipality of Nordborg in Denmark, was a Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss in 1933. He died in transit from Elsmark to Sønderborg.

He married Dorthea (Bitten) Emma Clausen (1912–2016) in 1939. The couple had five children:
 * Karin Clausen (b. 1940)
 * Bente Clausen (b. 1942)
 * Jørgen Mads Clausen (b. 1948), chairman of Danfoss's board of directors
 * Peter Johan Mads Clausen (b. 1949)
 * Henrik Mads Clausen (b. 1953)