Johan Frederik Thorne

Johan Frederik Thorne (1801–1854) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, 1839, 1845 and 1848, representing the constituency of Drammen. He worked as a merchant, timber trader, estate owner and vice consul.[1]

He married Henriette Dorthea Schive, but she died in 1841.[2] In 1842 he married for the second time, this time to Gurina Johanna Paasche. Their son Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne became a notable businessman and politician, and their daughter Sara married businessman and politician Theodor Peterson.[3]

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