Thorry Kiær

{{Short description|Norwegian industrialist}}

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| name = Thorry Kiær

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|1|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aker, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|6|29|1888|1|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Oslo

| nationality = Norwegian

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| relatives = Dakky Kiær (sister)

| occupation = Industrialist

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| known_for = CEO of Orkla Mining Company

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Thorvald "Thorry" Meyer Kiær (6 January 1888 – 29 June 1968) was a Norwegian industrialist.

He was born in Aker to barrister Georg Fredrik Egidius Kiær and Julie Caroline Helene Løvenskiold. He was a brother of Dakky Kiær, and great-grandson of Otto Joachim Løvenskiold and Thorvald Meyer. In 1914 he married Ingrid Thaulow, a daughter of painter Frits Thaulow. Their daughter Annelise Knudtzon (1914–2006) was a textile artist.{{cite web|url=https://snl.no/Annelise_Knudtzon|title=Annelise Knudtzon|author=Opstad, Jan-Lauritz|publisher=Store Norske Leksikon|date=16 January 2021|accessdate=14 February 2023 |language=no}}

From 1913 Kiær had various administrative positions in the family business, which included forestry and wood-processing industry. From 1938 to 1958 he was chief executive of Orkla Mining Company at Løkken Verk.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Thorry Kiær |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first1=Pål Thonstad |last1=Sandvik |first2=Kaare |last2=Solheim |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Thorry_Kiær |language=Norwegian |accessdate=26 March 2016}}{{cite encyclopedia|title=Thorry Meyer Kiær |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Thorry_Meyer_Kiær |language=Norwegian|accessdate=26 March 2016}}