Ove Iversen Juul (23 October 1615 – 29 May 1686) was a Danish nobleman who served as Vice Governor-general of Norway under

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from 1669 to 1674.

Family and youth

Ove's father was Iver Juul at Villestrup, Thaarupgaard and Lundbæk (1563–1627). Iver had two sons who rose to positions of importance in Denmark-Norway: Ove Juul (1615–1689) of Lundbæk-Pandum, Villestrup, Kragerup and

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, and Tønne Juul (1620–1684) of Thaarupgaard. Ove’s paternal grandfather was Axel Juul, (1503–1577) an Army officer in charge of

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, who originally built Villestrup. Ove attended

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, Danmark. He traveled first to

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where he studied at the

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. He then continued to

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, the

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and

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. The diary which was maintained provides an interesting insight on the art and mores of the period.

Career

In 1661, he became the Diocesan Governor in Ålborg. Subsequently Juul served as Vice Governor-general in Norway under

from 1669 to 1674. From 1671 until 1679, he was the Diocesan Governor of Stavanger stiftamt as well as the County Governor of Nedenæs amt. From 1676 through 1679, he was the Vice Chancellor of Danish Chancellery () in Copenhagen. During the period of

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, the Chancellery, along with the

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(), the

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() served to provide a coordinated central administration in Denmark which provided, among other things, direction to the Governor-general in Norway. This administration reported via the Privy Council (''Konseil-Geheimråd'') to the King, who held absolute power. From 1681, he served as assessor (''Høiesteretsassessor''—an assessor was a councilor of the realm who served in one of the two positions reserved for nobility) of Århus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Juul, Ove 1615 births 1686 deaths 17th-century Norwegian civil servants Governors-general of Norway Juel family 17th-century Danish nobility 17th-century Norwegian nobility