Troels Marstrand
Troels Marstrand (13 May 1815 - 23 August 1889) was a Danish industrialist.
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Died | 23 August 1889 74) Copenhagen, Denmark | (aged
Nationality | Danish |
Occupation | Businessman |
Early life and education
Marstrand was born on 13 May 1815 in Copenhagen, the son of mechanician Nicolai Jacob Marstrand (1770-1829) and Petra O. Smith (1778-1847). He was the brother of painter Vilhelm Marstrand[1] and naval officer Osvald J. Marstrand.[2] Their father ran a bakery in Silkegade. It was after his father's death in 1920 continued by the mother. After his confirmation, Marstrand initially worked in his uncle's office in Skælskør before apprenticing as a baker in Køge.[3]
Career
In 1835 Marstrand travelled to Germany as a journeyman and worked for some time in Berlin.[3]
Back in Denmark in 1837, Marstrand started working as a clerk for the police master in Helsingør before, in 1839, taking over the family's bakery in Silkegade. Under his management, it commenced a large-scale production of ryebread and hardtack and was in 1850 expanded with a steam mill. The bakery was in 1849 and 1856 hit by fire. After the last of the two fires Marstrand sold the property in Silkegade and bought Vodroff's Mill outside the city.
When the mill in 1865 also was destroyed by fire, Marstrand started a small beer brewery which was operated under the name Troels Af. The name of the brewery was after the acquisision of Aldersro Brewery in 1884 changed to A/S M.s Bryggerier but Marstrand had by then already left it long ago.[3]
Politics and public offices
Marstrand was in 1847 elected as alderman of the Bakers' Guild in Copenhagen. He was active in Industriforeningen where he in 1857 argued in favour of the introduction of næringsfrihedenøø. In 1862, he was a co-founder and one of the first board members of the Free Trade Society. He was a member of Copenhagen City Council in 1857-63.[3]
Personal life

Marstrand married twice. His first wife was Caroline Emilie Carlsen (7 May 1812 - 21 October 1859), a daughter of master joiner Peter Carlsen (1787 - c. 1817) and Kristine Marie Müller (1785-1871). They were married on 7 November 1845 in the Church of the Holy Ghost. His second wife was Sofie Emilie Jansen Tiaden (5 Nay 1829 - 21 February 1902), a daughter of building painter Tobias Jansen Tiaden (c. 1787-1850) and Anna Johanne Brun (1798-1879). They were married on 24 September 1880.
Marstrand struggled with poor health and had to take long periods off from work after the fire at Vodroff's Nill. He spent some of the time at the folk high schools in Askov and Vallekilde. He bought Fredsholm at Helsingør which became a meetingplace for many members of the Marstrand family. He published an autobiography in connection with his 70 years birthday. He died on 23 August 1889 and is buried at Assistens Cemetery.[4]
References
- "Vilhelm Marstrand" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Osvald L. Marstrand" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Troels Marstrand" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- "Troels Marstrand" (in Danish). gravsted.dk. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
External links
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- Troels Casper Daniel Marstrand on geni.com