Hans Thoresen

Hans Thoresen, painted by Johan Görbitz in 1839

Hans Thoresen (born 1765 or 1767 at Degrum in Enebakk, died 1840 in Christiania) was a Norwegian timber merchant and ship-owner in Christiania. He became a burgher in Christiania in 1790 and built a large timber business in the city.

He bought the property Sommerro from Bernt Anker, and in 1810 he bought Skinderstuen, where the Norwegian Nobel Institute is found today. He was a well known public figure in Christiania in his lifetime.[1]

He married Anna Ramstad on 17 February 1816 in Christiania.[2] Their daughter Augusta married Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss in 1865 in Geneva.

A painting of him from 1839 by Johan Görbitz is owned by Oslo Museum.[3]

He should not be confused with timber merchant in Christiania Hans Thorn Thoresen (1761–1823).

References

  1. ↑ Oslo Bymuseum, Fra dets samlinger, hefte VI
  2. ↑ http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=7235&uid=ny&idx_side=-57
  3. ↑ Ellen Bugge-Næss, «Analyse av portrett av Hans Thoresen 1839», Johan Gørbitz portrettmaler i Christiania, s. 40
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