Ditlev Emanuel Torm (24 April 1836 – 22 November 1907) was a Danish businessman and co-founder of the shipping company

Dampskibsselskabet Torm TORM based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a shipping company that owns and operates product tankers. The company's product tankers carry refined oil products such as gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha and diesel oil. History Torm was founded by Ditlev ...

Early life and education

Torm was born in

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, the son of merchant and later shipbroker in

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. He spent the next ten years in the Far East with only one short interruption.

Career

After his return to Denmark, Torm initially worked for . He left the company when he was treated unfairly in connection with the wrecking of ''S.S. Fyn''. In 1879, he started with a single steam vessel. In 1889. he then founded

in a partnership with Christian Schmiegelow. The company had an initial capital of DKK 212,000. Torm headed the office while Schmiegelow sailed their first ship, the steamer ''S.S. Alice''. The company's fleet grew steadily. It focused on the

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and

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. Torm served as president of from 1900 to 1907 and also as president of . He was also a member of the Maritime and Commercial Court ().

Personal life

Torm married Elise Helene Mathilde Zoéga (30 January 1846 – 16 March 1918) on 28 March 1868 in Flensburg. Their son,

Frederik Torm Frederik Emanuel Torm (24 August 1870 – 3 November 1953) was a Danish theologian. He was born in Tschifu, China as a son of ship-owner Ditlev Torm (1836–1907) and Elise H. M. Zoëga (1846–1918). His father was a shipmaster in East Aia until ...

, was a theologian. Torm died on 22 November 1907 in Copenhagen. He is buried in

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Ditlev Torm
at geni.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Torm, Ditlev 19th-century Danish businesspeople 20th-century Danish businesspeople Danish businesspeople in shipping Businesspeople from Aalborg Danish shipping company founders 1836 births 1907 deaths