Troels Marstrand

Troels Marstrand (13 May 1815 – 23 August 1889) was a Danish industrialist.

Early life and education Marstrand was born on 13 May 1815 in Copenhagen, the son of mechanician Nicolai Jacob Marstrand (1770–1829) and Petra O. Smith (1778–1847). He was the brother of painter Vilhelm Marstrand and naval officer Osvald J. Marstrand. Their father ran a bakery in Silkegade. It was continued by his mother after his father's death in 1820. After his confirmation, Marstrand initially worked in his uncle's office in Skælskør before apprenticing as a baker in Køge.

Career In 1835 Marstrand travelled to Germany as a journeyman and worked for some time in Berlin.