Karen Toller (1662 – 13 August 1742) was a Norwegian estate owner and ship owner. She was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

; the daughter of Niels Toller (c.1624–1676) and Kirsten Andersdatter Tonsberg, and a granddaughter of merchant and Mayor of Christiania

Niels Toller Niels Toller (1592 – 8 January 1642) was a Danish-born merchant who settled in Norway and became the wealthiest person in Oslo, Christiania. Biography Niels Toller was born in Haderslev, in Southern Jutland, Denmark. He first arrived in N ...

(d. 1642) She was married to General

Caspar Herman Hausmann Caspar Herman Hausmann was a Danish-Norwegian General, lumber merchant and squire. He was born 10 January 1653 at Segeberg in the Danish duchy of Holsten (now Holstein), which was then in union with Denmark-Norway. He died 9 September 1718 in Chr ...

. She inherited significant fortunes from both her parents, including sawmills, several farms and other properties, and was among the wealthiest women in Christiania. After the death of her husband she continued running the family's businesses. She also contributed to the establishment of a hospital for poor people in Christiania.

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1662 births 1742 deaths People from Tønsberg 17th-century Norwegian businesswomen 17th-century Norwegian businesspeople 18th-century Norwegian businesswomen 18th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian people of Danish descent Ship owners {{Norway-business-bio-stub