Carl Deichman
Carl Deichman (* 1700 or 1705 in Odense or Viborg, † April 21, 1780 in Porsgrunn ) was a Norwegian factory owner and book collector whose library the basis for the Deichmanske bibliotek in Oslo formed.
His parents were the Bishop of Oslo Deichman Bartholomew (1671-1731) and his wife Else Rosemeyer (around 1669-1745 ). He remained unmarried.
Deichman grew up in Christiania, where his father was a bishop since 1712. After basic training at home, he went to Kongsberg and learned the mining industry. 1726 he undertook a major trip abroad. In that year he was appointed to Hofjunker Friedrich IV. When he died in 1730, his career was at court to an end, as his father 's successor at Christian VI. had fallen out of favor and was deposed. During a visit to King Chrians VI. in Norway, he received the title of councilor and was assessor at the King's Bench in Christiania. After four years, he took his leave from this place to manage its assets and to expand his knowledge. Together with his brother Wilhelm Kammerrat Deichman and his brother Herman Leopoldus, (later " Løvenskiold " ) he bought the 1734 Fossum Ironworks. In 1737 he bought the share of Leopoldus. The brothers were now until 1739 the sole owner of the ironworks. Then they exchanged this work against the Bolvigs ironworks (west of Porsgrunn ) of Leopoldus. That this two years later sold back. Later they became co-owner of several companies, including 1753 the ironworks at Eidsfoss (in the yard ). Carl Deichman operated next to it also as a businessman. Both brothers remained unmarried and resulted in Porsgrunn a common household. When William died, Charles inherited his fortune.
Carl Deichman represented the educated bourgeois upper class that brought in the 18th century to advantage. Norway played within the Danish-Norwegian kingdom an increasingly important economic role, particularly because of its iron industry. Without this, the empire could not compete with the great power of Sweden. This required also technologically always be on top of. These courses were the ironworks Fossum, Bolvig and Eidsfoss. In addition to the important production of cannons was also the production of cast iron stoves with ornate stoves in the production program.
During his commercial activity, the house of the brothers Deichman was the center of cultural circles in Porsgrunn. He himself used his literary interests in the spirit of the Rococo. He corresponded with many scholars of his time in correspondence and was a member of several learned societies, for example, " Det Kjøbenhavnske Videnskabsselskab " since 1758 and from 1796 by " Det Trondhjemske Selskab " (now " Det Norske Kongelige Videnskabers Selskab " ) in Trondheim. He collected a large library which has a collection of around 6000 volumes had at his death, along with manuscripts, diplomas, maps, antiques and a coin collection. This entire collection plus 2000 Rigsdaler he bequeathed to the city of Christiania. The collection was opened to the public in 1785 and formed the basis for the Deichmanske bibliotek in Oslo.