Theodor Stang was a Norwegian engineer.

He was born in Vang i Valdres as a son of vicar Thomas Stang (1804–1874). He was a nephew of Frederik Stang

Frederik Stang

Frederik Stang was a Norwegian lawyer, public servant, and politician who served as Norway's first prime minister....

, a first cousin of Emil Stang

Emil Stang

Emil Stang was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He became Prime Minister of Norway and was the first chairman of the Conservative Party....

 and a first cousin once removed of Fredrik Stang

Fredrik Stang

Fredrik Stang was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1912–1913. He was chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee 1922–1940.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as the son of Emil Stang and his wife Adelaide Pauline Berg...

 and Emil Stang, Jr..

He took his education in Belgium

Belgium

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, and worked in the Netherlands from 1862. He is especially famous for designing the country's longest railway bridge, the Moerdijk Bridge

Moerdijk bridges

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. He later became waterworks

WaterWorks

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 director in The Hague

The Hague

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for forty years.