Thomas Stang (27 November 1897 – 5 January 1982) was a Norwegian forester and businessperson. He is known as founder of the company Maarud, and also as husband of actress

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Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of landowner Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg. He was a brother of Axel Heiberg Stang, nephew of ship-owner Jørgen Breder Stang, grandson of landowner Mads Wiel Stang and politician

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. He was a father of landowner and industrialist Ole A. Stang, Jr., born 1923. He later married actress

in 1953 and had the son Fabian Stang.

Career

In his early life, Stang took the

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before working in forestry and timber business. He was a forest laborer for one year before taking

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education in Norway and the United States. He worked in Paris for Konow & Smith, then for one year at Moss Cellulosefabrik. The property Maarud in

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had been bought by his father in 1911. From 1923 Thomas Stang operated the farm and woodland at Maarud. Out of this business he developed an industrial company of the same name, Maarud Bedrifter. After a stint as chief executive officer of

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from 1939 to 1945, he returned to Maarud Bedrifter. The company took up

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production in 1952, and also specialized in cheese, other dairy products and eggs. The forests yielded timber to produce readymade houses and cabins. Maarud was taken over by his son Ole Stang, Jr. in 1960. Stang, who cited American industrialism as a major inspiration, still continued to venture into new business ideas. Among others was a pioneer in selling products such as bottled springwater and

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on the Norwegian market. Stang was a deputy supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norden. He was

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for Denmark from 1939. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram from 1939 to 1943. He died in January 1982.

References

External links

The family tree of Thomas Stang on Geni.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stang, Thomas 1897 births 1982 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo People from Sør-Odal Norwegian expatriates in the United States Norwegian foresters Norwegian company founders

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SK Fram members