Mogens Thorsen

Mogens Thorsen (30 August 1790 – 29 April 1863) was a Norwegian shipowner and philanthropist.

Thorsen worked as a skipper until the mid-1830s, at which time he started his own shipping company.

He distinguished himself from his competition by investing in large ships and with time became the largest shipowner in Christiania.

The foundation functioned with the purpose of providing lodgings for widows or unmarried women.

Today, the foundation continues to provide apartments for single women at a location on Niels Juels gate in Oslo.