| Thor Hartwig Odencrants | |
| Birth Date: | 26 February 1817 |
| Birth Place: | Ljungarum parish, Jönköping County, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Ljungarum parish, Jönköping County, Sweden |
| Burial Place: | Ljungarum Cemetery |
| Occupation: | Politician, jurist |
| Party: | None |
| Children: | |
Thor Hartwig Odencrants (called
Odencrantz i Torpa in the Riksdag; 26 February 1817 – 2 February 1886) was a Swedish jurist and member of Parliament.[1]Odencrants was born in Torpa, Ljungarum, Jönköping County. He was a clerk for the court of appeal and, was a member of the estate of the knighthood and nobility at the 1844–1845 Riksdag of the Estates. After the representational reform, he was later a member of the Riksdag in the upper chamber from 1873 to 1875 for Jönköping County. Odencrants was chairman of the, and worked for the founding of the Swedish Evangelical Mission. He was also chairman of the board of Hall's printing house in Jönköping. From 1858 he was a mentor to the poet Lina Sandell.
From 1836, Odencrants was active in the intra-church revival, which originated with the priest . He was linked to other key figures in the revival, including priest Peter Wieselgren and Peter Fjellstedt. When the leadership of the movement was taken over by C. M. Rahmn, Odencrants began to spend a lot of time in Rahmn's home, where missionary prayers were often held. Odencrants eventually acted as cantor when the gatherings moved to the auditorium of the Jönköping preparatory school. Together with Rahmn, he formed the Jönköping Tract Society.
Odencrants was the son of, a member of the court of appeal. He was married to Margareta Sophia Lovisa Jacobina (Jacquette) Gyllenhaal and was the father of and court of appeal assessor .[2]
He died in 1886 in Ljungarum and was buried in Ljungarum Cemetery.[3]