Strange Jørgenssøn (7 April 1539 – 5 February 1610) was a Danish/Norwegian businessman and bailiff. He was born in

Faaborg Faaborg or Fåborg () is an old port town located on Faaborg Fjord in Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on the island of Funen in Denmark. By road, Faaborg is located southwest of Odense, west-northwest of Svendborg, and roughly southeast of Midde ...

; the son of Jørgen van der Huus and Margrethe Bullgers. He served as bailiff of

Lyse Abbey Lyse Abbey or Saint Mary's Abbey, Lyse () is a now-ruined Cistercian monastery in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county in south-western Norway. The name "Lyse" is derived from Lysefjorden near which the building stood. The abbey l ...

Munkeliv Abbey Munkeliv Abbey () was a Rule of St. Benedict, Benedictine abbey located at Nordnes in Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway. It was one of the oldest monasteries in Norway, and also one of the wealthiest and best-documented. There are no visible remains ...

Giske Giske may refer to: Places *Giske Municipality, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske (island), a island within Giske Municpiality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway *Giske (village), a village within Giske Municpiality in Møre ...

, and

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

. He established an institution for poor women in Bergen 1609. He died in Bergen in 1610.

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1539 births 1610 deaths 16th-century Danish businesspeople Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian civil servants People from Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality {{Denmark-bio-stub