Søren Wilhelm Thorne (29 May 1804 – 17 April 1878) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was born at Drammen in Buskerud, Norway. His father, Amund Thorne, was a merchant. He finished schooling at Drammen Latin School in 1823. He graduated as

cand.theol. Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has re ...

from the University of Christiania in 1829. He worked as a school teacher in Drammen, parish priest in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

Thornes vei
- Kongsberg municipality and vicar in Leganger from 1840. He was appointed vicar in Kongsberg in 1848, and also became elected to the city council. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1854, 1857 and 1859, representing the constituency of Kongsberg.Søren Wilhelm Thorne
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

Personal life

He was the brother of timber merchant

Johan Frederik Thorne Johan Frederik Thorne (23 December 1801 – 7 March 1854) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, 1839, 1845 and 1848, representing the constituency of Drammen. He worked as a merchant, ...

and an uncle of his son,

Johan Thorne Johan Henrich (or Henrik) Paasche Thorne (18 August 1843 – 18 May 1920) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party (Norway), Conservative Party. He served as mayor of Moss, Norway, Moss as well as five terms in the ...

. He died in 1878 and was buried in the Kongsberg Church cemetery (''Kongsberg gamle kirkegård'').

References

1804 births 1878 deaths Politicians from Drammen University of Oslo alumni Norwegian priest-politicians Members of the Storting Buskerud politicians People from Kongsberg {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub