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Huitfeldt Family
Huitfeldt is a Norwegian and Danish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anniken Huitfeldt (born 1969), Norwegian politician representing the Norwegian Labour Party, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2021 * Arild Huitfeldt (1546–1609), Danish-Norwegian historian and state official * Hans L. C. Huitfeldt (1876–1969), Norwegian physician * Ivar Huitfeldt (1665–1710), Danish-Norwegian naval hero during the Great Northern War * Margareta Huitfeldt (1608–1683), Norwegian-Swedish noble, estate owner and donor * Povel Huitfeldt (1520–1592), Danish-Norwegian Governor-general of Norway See also * Huitfeldt (noble family), Danish family linked to Danneskiold-Samsøe * Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate {{surname, Huitfeldt Danish-language surnames Norwegian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anniken Huitfeldt
Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt (born 29 November 1969) is a Norwegian historian and politician for the Labour Party (Norway), Labour Party. She has served as the Norwegian Ambassador to the United States since 2024. She previously held several ministerial roles under Jens Stoltenberg between 2008 and 2013 and then foreign minister under Jonas Gahr Støre between 2021 and 2023. Personal life She was born in Bærum Municipality as a daughter of public prosecutor Iver Huitfeldt (born 1943) and Sidsel Scharning (1940–1990). She has a sister, Astrid, and a brother, Anders. She is a niece of politician Fritz Huitfeldt and granddaughter of judge Otte Huitfeldt. Huitfeldt grew up in the town of Jessheim. She is married to Ola Petter Flem, with whom she has three children. Early career She attended Jessheim Upper Secondary School from 1985 to 1988, and then worked for one year as county secretary of the Workers' Youth League (Norway), Workers' Youth League, the youth wing of the Labour P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arild Huitfeldt
Arild Huitfeldt (Arvid) (11 September 1546 – 16 December 1609) was a Danish historian and state official, known for his vernacular Chronicle of Denmark. Life Huitfeldt was born on 11 September 1546, into an aristocratic family from Scania, part of the Kingdom of Denmark at the time. He was partly educated in Germany and France, made his career as a state official and was, from 1573 to 1580, First Secretary to the Danish Chancellery, the King's central administrative organ. From 1583, he was also superintendent at Herlufsholm School, the first Danish boarding school. In 1586, he achieved his highest appointment, becoming ''Rigskansler'' (Chancellor of the Realm, the very approximate equivalent to a modern Minister of Justice), until shortly before his death. Huitfeldt also owned several manor estates and handled a number of diplomatic assignments. As a politician and as an official he appears to have been studious, conservative, and sociable, avoiding overt clashes with his col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans L
Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans * Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan Places * Hans, Marne, a commune in France * Hans Island, administrated by Greenland and Canada Arts and entertainment * ''Hans'' (film) a 2006 Italian film directed by Louis Nero * Hans (Frozen), the main antagonist of the 2013 Disney animated film ''Frozen'' * ''Hans'' (magazine), an Indian Hindi literary monthly * ''Hans'', a comic book drawn by Grzegorz Rosiński and later by Zbigniew Kasprzak Other uses * Clever Hans, the "wonder horse" * ''The Hans India'', an English language newspaper in India * HANS device, a racing car safety device * Hans, the ISO 15924 code for Simplified Chinese characters See also *Han (other) Han may refer t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Huitfeldt
Iver Huitfeldt (5 December 1665 – 4 October 1710) was a Danish-Norwegian naval officer who was killed in action, when he commanded the ship '' Dannebroge'' during the Great Northern War. Biography Iver Huitfeldt was born in the Norwegian town of Halden. He lost his mother at the age of six and his father died six years later. Both his parents died in his childhood years and he was therefore later raised by his stepmother with whom he moved to the Norwegian area of Hurum. At age 16, he sent an application to Christian V of Denmark-Norway to join the navy. It was granted and he started the trainee programme of the Danish-Norwegian navy. As a part of the trainee period he first served in the Dutch fleet before later joining the French fleet. He returned to do service in the Danish-Norwegian fleet in 1689 as a 24-year-old lieutenant, but in the following year he returned to do service in the Dutch navy to get more experience. He participated in the Battle of Beachy Head, where th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Huitfeldt
Margareta Huitfeldt (5 November 1608 – 16 November 1683) was a Norwegian- Swedish noblewoman, estate owner and philanthropist. She was the prime benefactor of Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet in Gothenburg, Sweden. Biography Margareta Huitfeldt was born at the Skjelbred farm in the parish of Fiskum in the district of Eiker in Buskerud, Norway. She was the only child of the Danish noble Hartvig Andersen Huitfeldt (1582-1637) and Norwegian noble Bente Jonsdotter Schack (ca.1594-1622). In 1635, she married Danish noble Thomas Iverssön Dyre (1605–1651). Of their three children, only their son Iver Dyre (1644-1663) lived past infancy. She became one of the greatest land owners in Scandinavia as the heir of her parents and her spouse. Most of her properties were situated in Bohuslän, at that time a province of Norway. Her principal holdings included Skjelbred in Eiker and her residence Sundsby Manor (''Sundsby säteri'') in Bohuslän. Sundsby is located on the island of Mj� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Povel Huitfeldt
Povel Ottesen Huitfeldt (c. 1520 – 21 September 1592) was a Danish-Norwegian governor-general of Norway. Early life Povel Huitfeldt was born around 1520 to Otte Clausen Huitfeldt (who died between 1517 and 1529) and Barbara Eriksdatter Blaa (who died in 1558 at the earliest). He was the youngest of four boys, including Christoffer Huitfeldt (c. 1501–1559) and Peder Huitfeldt (who died in 1584). Around 1548, Huitfeldt relocated to Bergen to join his brother Christoffer, who was serving as a bailiff in the Bergenhus Fortress at the time. In the summers of 1552–54 and over the winter of 1554–55, Povel served as Christian III of Denmark's representative to Iceland, an officially Catholic nation that had been resisting the kingdom's forceful efforts to convert them to Lutheranism, which had become the Dano–Norwegian state religion following the Protestant reformation. Accompanied by a military force, Povel successfully squashed what remained of Catholic resistance in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huitfeldt (noble Family)
The Huitfeldt family is a Norwegian noble family. Name and origin Huitfeldt is originally an old Danish noble family. It came to Norway around 1581 with Anders Huitfeldt (ca. 1555–1620). In 1582 he married Margrete Pedersdatter Litle, the daughter of Peder Hansen Litle, officer in command at Akershus Fortress, and Ingeborg Nilsdatter Gyllenløve. Anders Huitfeldt became the owner of the seat farm Tronstad (''Tronstad Gård'') in Hurum in Buskerud, which for 220 years remained in the family's possession. In Denmark, the family's certainly documented paternal line goes back to Henrik Nielsen (fl. 1429) in Ventofte on Funen. During the Middle Ages, the family used the name ''Hogenskild''. Among these are the known knight Claus Hogenskild (fl. 1386) and member of the Council of the Kingdom Lord Peder Hogenskild (ca. 1400–1478). In 1526, when King Frederik I of Denmark and Norway instructed the Danish nobility to adopt permanent family names, the family took the name Huitfeld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Huitfeldt Class Frigate
The ''Iver Huitfeldt'' class is a three-ship class of air defence frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013. Description The class is built on the experience gained from the Absalon-class support ship, ''Absalon''-class frigates. By reusing the basic hull design of the ''Absalon'' class, the Royal Danish Navy has been able to construct the ''Iver Huitfeldt'' class considerably cheaper than comparable ships. Design The frigates are compatible with the Royal Danish Navy's StanFlex modular mission payload system used in the ''Absalon''s, and they are designed with slots for six modules. Each of the four StanFlex positions on the missile deck is able to accommodate the Mark 41 8-cell Harpoon (missile), Harpoon launcher module, or the 12-cell Mark 56 RIM-162 ESSM, Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) List of United States Navy Guided Missile Launching Systems, Vertical Launching System (VLS). The ''Absalon''-class ships are primarily designed for comma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
