Matthias Wilhelm Sinding (18 July 1811 – 11 February 1860) was a Norwegian mining engineer and factory founder.
He was born in Fredrikstad as a son of Ulrik Rosing Sinding and Mette Marie Bang.
[3] He finished his secondary education as a private candidate in 1831, then graduated in mining from the Royal Frederick University in 1835.
He remained at Kongsberg until 1844, when he assumed a position as mine superintendent in Central and Northern Norway.
He founded his own sulfuric acid factory Lysaker Kemiske Fabrik in 1859, but died in February 1860 in Lillehammer.