Orkla Mining Company

[1] Orkla Mining Co. Ltd. was established as a limited company at a constituting meeting in Stockholm on 7 December 1904.

The purpose of the company was to acquire mines in the Orkdalen district in Sør-Trøndelag and subsequently start operations.

Christian Salvesen together with Wilhelm August Thams had started Ørkedalens Mining in Meldal in 1867.

Thams's Communications Aktieselskab, whose purpose was to develop the infrastructure of the area and was responsible for electricity production and railway operation for Løkken Mine.

The mining community Løkken Verk was developed in Meldal Municipality and the Thamshavn Line (Thamshavnbanen) was constructed for transport of ore to the sea for export.