Isak Lauritssøn Falck (1601 – 9 March 1669) was a Norwegian land owner and timber merchant. He is associated with the development of the seaport of Risør in

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

, Norway. He was born in Sandeherred (now Sandefjord) in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of merchant Laurits Kristoffersen, a lumber merchant in Tønsberg. He settled in Risør during the 1620s. He acquired several farms with significant forests, started saw mills, and established a shipyard on the island of Badskjærholmen (now Holmen). In the 1650s, he bought the farm Randvik at Søndeled in

, which included the harbour of Risør and surrounding areas. In 1630, Risør became a privileged port ('' ladested'') where citizens had the right to engage in trade and commodity importing, especially with lumber. Traders and merchants from the Netherlands were the principal recipients of the timber export. Risør operated as a port under the jurisdiction of Skien from 1630 and under Kristiansand from 1641. In 1659, the port built a custom house.

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1601 births 1669 deaths People from Risør Norwegian company founders Norwegian merchants Norwegian landowners Norwegian shipbuilders 17th-century Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-business-bio-stub