{{short description|Norwegian industrialist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Johan Lauritz Sundt | image = JohanLauritzSundt-OB.02348.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date |1828|4|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Fredriksvern, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age |1889|1|25|1828|4|14|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = industrialist | years_active = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = Eilert Sundt (uncle)<br>Leif Rode (grandson) | awards = }}

'''Johan Lauritz Sundt''' (14 April 1828 &ndash; 25 January 1889) was a Norwegian industrialist.

Sundt was born in Fredriksvern, and was a nephew of Eilert Sundt. He founded the matchstick factory ''Nitedals Tændstikfabrik'' in 1862,<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Nitedals Tændstikfabrik |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Nitedals_Tændstikfabrik |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref> and co-founded the first margarine factory in Norway, ''Christiania smørfabrikk'', in 1876. He served as mayor of Nittedal for seven years, from 1858. He was interested in literature, and wrote two plays, including ''Nils Lykke'', which was staged at Kristiania norske Theater. He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1887.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johan Lauritz Sundt |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Johan_Lauritz_Sundt |language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref><ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lauritz Sundt |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Else |last=Boye |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Lauritz_Sundt | language=Norwegian |accessdate=21 July 2018}}</ref>

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