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Niels Toller

1592 – 1642MerchantEurope · 1592Most named place: Norway (approximate)
Merchant

He was a Danish-born merchant who settled in Norway and became the wealthiest person in Christiania. He achieved monopoly on the trade in Old Oslo, and had favorable agreements with the Crown's sawmills along Akerselva. He owned two of the 32 shares of the Kongsberg Silver Mines. From 1629 he served as Mayor of Christiania.