Lorentz Mortensen Angell (9 March 1626 – 30 July 1697) was a merchant and landowner in Norway.[1]
He was born at Angeln east of Flensburg in Southern Schleswig. Around 1650, he settled in Trondheim when many merchants and traders from Flensburg were taking part in the fishing trade along the Norwegian coast. He built up a considerable fortune as a merchant and ship owner. He was co-owner of Røros Copper Works and significant landowner with numerous farms in Nordland including Tjøtta estate (Tjøttagodset) on the island Tjøtta in Alstahaug. [2] [3] Im 1675, after the death of Joachim Irgens von Westervick he bought his properties in Helgeland.