Background
He was born in Holstein, the son of a wine trader from Hamburg named Jürgen ther Möhlen.
He was born in Holstein, the son of a wine trader from Hamburg named Jürgen ther Möhlen.
Thormøhlen became the largest ship owner in Norway, and was involved in a number of other businesses. He traded fish from Northern Norway, and developed industry in Bergen, located at Møhlenpris.