Jakob von der Lippe (28 July 1872 – 1953) was a Norwegian admiral. He was born in

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. He was a grandson of bishop

Jacob von der Lippe Jacob von der Lippe (27 September 1797 – 2 October 1878) was a Norwegian politician and priest who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Christianssand from 1841 to 1875. He was also a member of the Parliament of Norway for a total of eig ...

and a son of

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Johan Nordahl Brun von der Lippe (1838–1915). Through his uncle Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe he was a first cousin once removed of Frits von der Lippe,

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and Jens von der Lippe. He had the same father, and was thus a half-brother, of Anton Barth von der Lippe. On 13 October 1916 von der Lippe was made the first regular director of the

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, after the service was permanently organized and sorted under the Royal Norwegian Navy's shooting and signals school, which von der Lippe was the head of. On 14 February the following year von der Lippe was relieved of his position at the shooting and signals school and made full-time commander of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service. He retained his command until 13 January 1930. He reached the rank of

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in 1930, and served as the Commanding Admiral of Norway from 1930 to August 1934. He was also the Chief of the Admiral Staff from 1930 to 1933.Hafsten 2003: 276

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1872 births 1953 deaths People from Fjell Royal Norwegian Navy admirals {{Norway-mil-bio-stub