Thorstein Aschehoug Lambrechts (6 October 1856 – 11 May 1933) was a Norwegian bookseller.

Biography

Lambrechts was born in the village of

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, Norway. He was a son of veterinarian Bernhard Gabrielsen Lambrechts (1828-1907) and Karin Bolette Aschehoug (1831-1907). He was a nephew of

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. In 1891 he married Mischa Dreyer. After Latin school and commerce school he spent his career in the book store Aschehougs Boghandel from 1880 to 1928. He took over the parent company H. Aschehoug & Co in 1888 together with

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. In 1900 Nygaard withdrew from the bookselling side of the business. Lambrechts subsequently operated the bookstore until 1928 when it was purchased by Johan Grundt Tanum (1891-1978). He became vice chairman of the

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in 1891, and chaired the organization from 1903 to 1919. He was also a member of

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city council, Kristiania chamber of commerce and the supervisory council of Oslo Sparebank and

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. He died in May 1933.

References

1856 births 1933 deaths People from Ski, Norway Norwegian booksellers Norwegian book publishers (people) Politicians from Oslo {{Norway-business-bio-stub