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About Tørres Christensen
- Tørres Christensen (10 May 1664 – 15 February 1721) was a Norwegian timber merchant, sawmill owner, landowner and ship owner.He was born at the village of Nedenes in Øyestad (now Arendal) in Aust-Agder, Norway.
- He attended the Bergen Cathedral School.
- By 1682, he was enrolled as skipper in the service of the Danish King.
- He settled in Mandal in Vest-Agder during 1687, where he married Karen Mortensdatter Als (1666-1743), daughter of Morten Mortensen Als(d.
- 1691), the leading merchant of the town.After the death of his father-in-law in 1691, Christensen took over the business and became the dominant merchant in Mandal.
- He greatly expanded by establishing himself as a merchant and shipowner in Kristiansand.
- During the Great Northern War (1700-1721), he controlled large parts of the timber trade from the valley of Mandalen.
- He also continued in a few more years to sail as skipper on his own ships.
- As the dominant employer, merchant, creditor and landowner in Mandal, he ran the small town almost like a business.
- Christensen owned property both in Mandal and Kristiansand.
- He held several farms, several with salmon fishing rights, including Halshaug gård in Vest-Agder which was located at the mouth of river Mandalselva.
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