Background
Wilhelm Thams was the son of Jacob Thullin Thams (1770–1826), who was a bailiff in Ringerike.
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Career
In 1859, he relocated from Fredrikstad in Østfold where he had sawmill operations and settled in Trondheim. In 1867, Wilhelm Thams built a sawmill and established a small port which became known as Thamshavn on a side inlet of Trondheimsfjord. In 1868, in cooperation with ship owner Christian Salvesen, he established the Ørkedals Mining Company to develop mining interest in the area around Løkken.
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