title: Torkel Lende
text: # Torkel Lende
  
  Torkel Jonson Lende (17 November 1849 – 11 January 1909) was a Norwegian inventor.
  
  ## Biography
  
  In his young days he was a schoolmate of Arne Garborg. Like Garborg he took up teacher's studies, but he quit early to become an inventor. In 1873 Lende went on a tour of the Måløy area together with Sven Aarrestad; they were hired by Vestmannalaget to spread Landsmål culture.
  
  ## Inventions
  
  He first made inventions for small-scale home industry, but was soon picked up by the large-scale industry in Stavanger. Among his inventions there was a device to cut European sprat for the tinned food industry in the city.
  
  