Torkel Jonson Lende (17 November 1849 – 11 January 1909) was a Norwegian inventor.

Biography

In his young days he was a schoolmate of

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. Like Garborg he took up teacher's studies, but he quit early to become an inventor. In 1873 Lende went on a tour of the

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area together with Sven Aarrestad; they were hired by Vestmannalaget to spread

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culture.

Inventions

He first made inventions for small-scale home industry, but was soon picked up by the large-scale industry in

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. Among his inventions there was a device to cut

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for the tinned food industry in the city.

References

1849 births 1909 deaths Norwegian inventors People from Rogaland {{Norway-engineer-stub