{{Short description|Norwegian forester and businessperson (1897–1982)}} {{Infobox person | name = Thomas Stang | birth_name = | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|11|27}} | birth_place = Oslo, Norway | death_date = {{death date and age|1982|01|05|1897|11|27}} | death_place = | resting_place = Ullern Cemetery, Oslo | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | spouse = Wenche Foss | parents = Ole A. Stang <br> Emma Heiberg | children = Ole A. Stang, Jr. <br> Fabian Stang | relatives = Axel Heiberg Stang (brother) <br> Axel Heiberg (grandfather) <br> Mads Wiel Stang (grandfather) | alma_mater = | nationality = }}
'''Thomas Stang''' (27 November 1897 – 5 January 1982) was a Norwegian forester and businessperson. He is known as founder of the company Maarud, and also as husband of actress Wenche Foss.
==Personal life== He was born in Kristiania<ref name=70y>{{cite news|title=Thomas Stang fyller 70 år|date=25 November 1967|work=Aftenposten|page=12}}</ref> as a son of landowner Ole A. Stang and Emma Heiberg. He was a brother of Axel Heiberg Stang, nephew of ship-owner Jørgen Breder Stang, grandson of landowner Mads Wiel Stang and politician Axel Heiberg.<ref name=snl2>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Stang – yngre haldenslekt|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|author=Bratberg, Terje|author-link=Terje Bratberg|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Stang/yngre_haldenslekt|language=no|access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1948|title=Stang, Ole Andreas|encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0500.html|page=500|language=no|access-date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
He was the father of landowner and industrialist Ole A. Stang, Jr., born 1923.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ole A. Stang (obituary)|author=Thune, Leiv|date=19 November 1998|work=Aftenposten|page=19}}</ref> He later married actress Wenche Foss in 1953.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2000|title=Wenche Foss|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|last=Lyche|first=Lise|volume=2|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Wenche_Foss/utdypning}}</ref> Lawyer and politician Fabian Stang is their son.
==Career== In his early life, Stang took the examen artium before working in forestry and timber business. He was a forest laborer for one year before taking forester education in Norway and the United States. He worked in Paris for Konow & Smith, then for one year at Moss Cellulosefabrik.<ref name=70y/><ref name=75y>{{cite news|title=Vannmannen Stang 75 – med en foss av ideer|date=27 November 1972|work=Aftenposten|page=12}}</ref>
The property Maarud in Sør-Odal Municipality had been bought by his father in 1911.<ref>{{cite news|title=Potetene ble gull for Maarud|author=Aaserud, Kjell|date=17 November 1978|work=Aftenposten|page=11}}</ref> From 1923 Thomas Stang operated the farm and woodland at Maarud. Out of this business he developed an industrial company of the same name, Maarud Bedrifter. After a stint as chief executive officer of Union Co from 1939 to 1945, he returned to Maarud Bedrifter. The company took up potato chip production in 1952, and also specialized in cheese, other dairy products and eggs.<ref name=70y/> The forests yielded timber to produce readymade houses and cabins.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Thomas Stang er død|date=6 January 1982|work=Aftenposten|page=18}}</ref>
Maarud was taken over by his son Ole Stang, Jr. in 1960.<ref name=obit/> Stang, who cited American industrialism as a major inspiration, still continued to venture into new business ideas. Among others was a pioneer in selling products such as bottled springwater and jerky on the Norwegian market.<ref name=75y/>
Stang was a deputy supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norden.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forsikringsaktieselskapet Nordens overskudd 377,000 kroner|date=2 May 1941|work=Aftenposten Aften|page=5}}</ref> He was consul for Denmark from 1939.<ref name=obit/> He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram from 1939 to 1943.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Qvale, Fredrik|editor-link=Fredrik Qvale|year=1989|title=Skiklubben Fram 100 år|language=no|pages=9–11}}</ref> He died in January 1982.<ref name=obit/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Stang/6000000011994989508 The family tree of Thomas Stang on Geni.com]
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