- Setting: Aarhus, Denmark, 1911
- Character: Tine Marie Lindberg Lorentzen, b. 1881
- Education & Occupation: University degree in French, personally trained in business by her father, heiress to and head secretary of Lindberg Import A/S and functionally in charge of the Lindberg Department Store
- Talents and skills: Communication and finance, patron of the arts, is also herself a skilled pianist
- Summary: Being her father's only child, rather than looking outside the family for a male substitute to take over his business matters, from a very early age Christian Lindberg involved Tine in the day to day affairs of Lindberg Import A/S, bringing her up to understand all the different branches and responsibilities of the family dynasty. Tine took to it like a fish in water and grew up to be a skilled and hardworking businesswoman. To be able to take charge of the company's French dealings, she studied French language and culture for four years at the university in Copenhagen, with many visits to the other country and stays in Paris where she took a particular interest in French fashions and having French designers brought to Aarhus. As she grew into her 20's, her father's health deteriorated fast and soon she was almost solely in charge of the department store and leading many other aspects of the business empire. Something that provoked her husband, who had hoped he would be trusted with these things as Tine's father got worse.
- Relationships: Married for four years to Fritz Lorentzen, one of her father's close associates and a Lindberg board member. She married him primarily to give her father less to worry about in his weakening state. She is a lesbian and her husband knows about her inclinations towards women.