Lars Torkelsen Lindtveit was born about 1648. He died in 1710 at Lindtveit, Oyestad Parish, Aust-Agder, Norway. An extremely wealthy farm owner and timber baron, he appears to have been a very farsighted, shrewd, and calculating man. From the Oyestad Bygdebok: “Lars was a rich man who could only be compared to wealthy citizens in Kristiansand and Arendal. For many years he can a timber trade and...
