[1] Ole Thomesen attended his early school in Kragerø, but then moved to Christiania, as he wanted an academic education instead of becoming a merchant.
He was also involved when a Norwegian-owned (as opposed to British-owned) steamship company trafficking the lake Mjøsa was established in 1853.
The encyclopedia Store norske leksikon reports that Skibladner is probably the second oldest paddle steamer in the world, behind the Romanian Tudor Vladimirescu.
[6] The aim was to put pressure on the remaining Lagting members, whom the conservatives called "the non-competent part of the court", but this did not succeed.
[7] As a politician Thomesen was, already from an early age, more radical than party leader and Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup.
He advocated republicanist rule, citing that the head of the executive branch of government should be vested with constitutional responsibility, and be elected for his skills.
In December 1888 he hinted that Sverdrup was indirectly responsible for Ole Richter's suicide; as a result Thomesen was admonished through a Royal Resolution.