Andreas Lauritz Thune

[2] His grandfather, Anders Paulsen Thune was a blacksmith by profession who had founded a workshop in that city in 1815.

Around the turn of the 20th century Thune became the most important locomotive manufacturer in Norway, along with Hamar Jernstøberi og Mekaniske Verksted.

Originally using the estate as a country house, he commenced the building of production halls in 1901[3] and moved in with the company.

The next year his son, Sverre Thune (1877-1946), had completed technical studies in Germany and took over management.

[2] In 1889 Andreas Thune had been among the founders of the employers' organization De Mekaniske Værksteders Forening.