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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Christian Ustrup Thiesen
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| image_size =288px
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| date_of_birth =[[1856]]| place_of_birth =Aarhus, Denmark
| date_of_death =[[1934]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
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'''Christian Ustrup Thiesen''' was a Pensacolian businessman best remembered for his ownership of the [[Thiesen Building]].
Thiesen settled in Pensacola in [[1882]]. He built the Thiesen Building on the northeast corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Romana Street]]s in [[1901]]. He was reportedly warned that his venture would fail and the building would be lost to receivership; when this failed to happen, Thiesen gloated by flying the Danish flag from the building every year until his death in [[1934]].
