Tørres Christensen

Tørres Christensen was a Norwegian merchant, landowner and ship-owner. He was born at Nedenes in Øyestad, on 10 May 1664, in current Arendal. He settled in Mandal in 1687, where he married Karen Mortensdatter, daughter of the leading merchant of the town. After the death of his father-in-law in 1691, Christensen took over the business in Mandal. He also expanded by establishing himself as a merchant and ship-owner in Kristiansand. During the Great Northern War (1700-1721) he controlled large parts of the timber trade from Mandalen. He died in Mandal on 15 February 1721.