Thomes Thomesen (1816–1887) was a Norwegian merchant and politician. He was a merchant, ship-owner and shipbuilder in the town of

Kragerø Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include H ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from the city in 1862, and served one term. He was the brother of jurist and politician

Ole Thomesen Ole Thomesen (12 November 1817 – 8 October 1905) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party. A member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, he became known as a radical and liberal politician. He spent his professional care ...

. He was married to Marthine Olea Debes (1825–1876). Through his daughter

Fernanda Nissen Petra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen (née Thomesen; 15 August 1862 – 3 April 1920) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer. Early and personal life Fernanda Thomesen was born in Sannidal, as ...

he was a father-in-law of Lars Holst from 1882; they divorced after Thomes Thomesen's death. Through another daughter, painter Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen, he was the father-in-law of

Erik Werenskiold Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the Asbjørnsen and Moe collection of '' Norske Folkeeventyr'', and his illustrations for ...

and grandfather of

Werner Werenskiold Werner Werenskiold (28 April 1883 – 2 August 1961) was a Norwegian geologist and geographer. He was a son of Erik Werenskiold and visual artist Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen (1849–1926), and the brother of Dagfin Werenskiold. Werenskio ...

and Dagfin Werenskiold.

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1816 births 1887 deaths Norwegian merchants Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Members of the Storting Politicians from Telemark People from Kragerø 19th-century Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub