Marentius Thams
{{Short description|Norwegian merchant and industrialist}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Marentius Thams
| image = Marentius Thams (crop).jpg
| alt = Marentius Thams in 1878
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1836|02|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fredrikstad, Norway
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|07|26|1836|02|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Meldal Municipality, Norway
| nationality = Norwegian
| occupation = Merchant, industrialist
}}
Ole Christian Marentius Thullin Thams (27 February 1836 – 26 July 1907) was a Norwegian merchant and industrialist.
Biography
Marentius Thams was born at Fredrikstad in Østfold, Norway. He was the son of timber trader Wilhelm August Thams (1812–1884) and Ida Olava Mandskow (1812-1889). Thams grew up in Fredrikstad and gained a commercial education, partly abroad.
He first was associated with his father's lumber business in Fredrikstad. In 1859, his father's business interests were relocated to the Orkdalen region of Sør-Trøndelag. In 1867, his father founded Strandheim Brug, a sawmill and timber trade company. The primary of facilities were destroyed by fire in 1872 after which Marentius Thams took over management of the re-built operation.{{Cite web |title=Orkla Industrimuseum |url=https://oi.no/chr-thams-no |access-date=1 June 2018 |publisher=Strandheim Brug}}
In time, Marentius further developed his father's businesses to become the country's largest of its kind. He made his firm, M. Thams & Co., known around the world through participation in world exhibitions. He also established the first company for export of fresh, iced salmon from Norway during the salmon season, May-July.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Marentius Thams |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Marentius_Thams/utdypning |last=Reiersen |first=Elsa |editor-last=Helle, Knut |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 September 2012}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Marentius Thams |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Marentius_Thams |editor-last=Godal |editor-first=Anne Marit |editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |language=Norwegian |accessdate=19 September 2012}}
Personal life
He was married to Emilie Christine Ullitz (1838-1916) and was the father of Christian Thams (1867–1948).
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Category:People from Fredrikstad
Category:19th-century Norwegian businesspeople
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