Thomes Thomesen was a Norwegian merchant and politician.

He was a merchant, ship-owner and shipbuilder in the town of Kragerø

Kragerø

is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø....

. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the city in 1862,
and served one term.

He was the brother of jurist and politician Ole Thomesen

Ole Thomesen

Ole Thomesen was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party. A member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, he became known as a radical and liberal politician...

. He was married to Marthine Olea Debes (1825–1876). Through his daughter Fernanda Nissen

Fernanda Nissen

Petra Gregorine Fernanda Nissen was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, politician and feminist pioneer.-Early and personal life:...

 he was a father-in-law of Lars Holst

Lars Holst

Lars Kristian Holst was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor and politician. He was editor-in-chief of Dagbladet from 1883 to 1898 and chairman of the Liberal Party of Norway from 1900 to 1903.-Personal life:...

 from 1882; they divorced after Thomes Thomesen's death. Through another daughter, painter Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen, he was the father-in-law of Erik Werenskiold

Erik Werenskiold

Erik Theodor Werenskiold was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the...

 and grandfather of Werner Werenskiold

Werner Werenskiold

Werner Werenskiold was a Norwegian geologist and geographer.He was the son of Erik Werenskiold, and the brother of Dagfin Werenskiold. Werenskiold made field studies in Telemark and Gudbrandsdalen in his younger days, and later focused on studies at Svalbard and of glaciers in Jotunheimen...

 and Dagfin Werenskiold

Dagfin Werenskiold

Dagfin Werenskiold was a Norwegian sculptor and painter.Dagfin Werenskiold was born in Bærum in Akershus Colunty, Norway. He was the son of Norwegian painter and illustrator, Erik Werenskiold. He was the brother of Norwegian geologist Werner Werenskiold. He first learned drawing from his father...

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