Personal Life
He was married to the painter Sophie Marie Stoltenberg Thomesen (1849–1926). He was the brother-in-law of brother of journalist, Fernanda Nissen and the son–in-law of Norwegian merchant and politician, Thomes Thomesen. He was the father of geologist, Werner Werenskiold (1883–1961) and sculptor, Dagfin Werenskiold (1892–1977).
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