Thomas Engelhart

Thomas von Westen Engelhart (6 October 1850 – 3 August 1905) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.

From 1876 he was the Supreme Court Attorney at Vinger, where he also was the mayor between 1881 and 1889.

He served as county governor (amtmann) in Bratsberg amt from 1898-1902 and then county governor of Jarlsberg og Larvik amt from 1902 until his death in 1905.

[2][3] His son Bernt (1889–1961) was a veterinarian, and married schoolteacher Alette Nicolaysen who became a national housewives' leader.

[4] His daughter Engelke (1885–1973) married ship-owner Wilhelm Wilhelmsen.