Søren Wilhelm Thorne

Søren Wilhelm Thorne (29 May 1804 – 17 April 1878) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Søren Wilhelm Thorne
Søren Wilhelm Thorne
Personal details
Born(1804-05-29)29 May 1804
Drammen in Buskerud, Norway
Died17 April 1878(1878-04-17) (aged 73)
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationChristian
ParentsAmund Linnæs Thorne and Friederiche Schwencke
OccupationPriest
Alma materUniversity of Christiania

He was born at Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. His father, Amund Thorne, was a merchant. He finished schooling at Drammen Latin School in 1823. He graduated as cand.theol. from the University of Christiania in 1829. He worked as a school teacher in Drammen, parish priest in Rogaland[1] and vicar in Leganger from 1840.[2] He was appointed vicar in Kongsberg in 1848, and also became elected to the city council.[1]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1854, 1857 and 1859, representing the constituency of Kongsberg.[3]

Personal life

He was the brother of timber merchant Johan Frederik Thorne and an uncle of his son, Johan Thorne. He died in 1878 and was buried in the Kongsberg Church cemetery (Kongsberg gamle kirkegård).[2] [4] [5]

References
  1. Thornes vei - Kongsberg municipality
  2. Aasen, Ivar (1997). Ivar Aasen. Skrifter i samling. Trykt og utrykt (PDF). 2. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget. p. 141.
  3. Søren Wilhelm Thorne — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
  4. Paul Thyness. "Johan Thorne". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  5. "Kongsberg kirkegård". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.


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