Blenda is also the name of a Norwegian laundry soap manufactured by Lilleborg, as well as a Japanese women's fashion magazine.
He was a board member of Union Co from 1924 to 1940, Lilleborg Fabrikker from 1930, Kværner Brug from 1931, De-No-Fa from 1945, of the bank Centralbanken for Norge from 1923 to 1935 and of Granfos Brug and the Federation of Norwegian Industries.