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    The governor-general of Norway (Danish: Rigsstatholder or Swedish: Riksståthållare, both meaning 'lieutenant of the realm' (see stadtholder)), was the...
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    the era of the Union between Sweden and Norway. The role was essentially the same as that of the Governor-general, which has led to confusion as to who...
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    September 1666) was a Dano-Norwegian statesman and son-in-law of King Christian IV. He served as Governor-general of Norway from 1642 to 1651. He fought...
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    Protector in England, Statthalter in the Holy Roman Empire and Governor-general of Norway. Stadtholder means "steward". Its component parts literally translate...
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  • April 2008. Governor of Stockholm Viceroy of Norway Governor-General of Finland – For the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland (1808–1917) List of Swedish politicians...
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    Christian was sent as stattholder (Governor-general of Norway) to Norway to promote the loyalty of the Norwegians to the House of Oldenburg, which had been very...
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    Danish general field marshal. Brought up with relatives at the Danish court, he spent most of his life in Denmark, serving as royal governor of the twin...
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    Norway or Sweden–Norway (Swedish: Svensk-norska unionen; Norwegian: Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway...
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    Johan August Sandels (category Governors-general of Norway)
    and politician, being appointed Governor-general of Norway (Riksståthållare in Swedish, Rigsstatholder in Dano-Norwegian) 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824...
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    Hans Henric von Essen (category Governors-general of Norway)
    between Sweden and Norway. Hans Henrik von Essen served as the Governor-general of Norway until he was succeeded by Count Carl Carlsson Mörner during 1816...
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    of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 17 April 1704) was Governor-general of Norway (Stattholdere i Norge) from 1664–1699. He was the leading general in Norway during...
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    Christoffer Gabel (category Politicians from Denmark–Norway)
    13 October 1673) was a Danish statesman. He was the father of Vice Governor-general of Norway, Frederik Gabel. He was born on 6 January 1617 at Glückstadt...
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    Carl von Ahlefeldt (category Court of Frederick IV of Denmark)
    birth a member of the House of Ahlefeld. He was part of the inner circle around Frederick IV until 1712 and then became Governor-general of Slesvig-Holsten...
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    Danish Army as well as the Governor-general of Norway. His name before assuming the Swedish title in 1810 was Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg...
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  • meaning he was just below the rank of the stadholder who was the governor-general of Norway. The diocesan governor of Kristiania stood slightly higher in...
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    commanding general in the southern part of the country. Christian August left Norway for Sweden on 7 January 1810, and Frederick became vice governor-general on...
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    Baltzar von Platen (1766–1829) (category Governors-general of Norway)
    Ericson. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1815. He was appointed Governor of Norway on 26 November 1827, a position...
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    Fortification Upgrades (category Military history of Norway)
    Gyldenløve, Count of Laurvig was dispatched to Norway to evaluate the military forces in Norway. Gyldenløve was appointed Governor-general of Norway (Statholder)...
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  • Jørgen Friis (category Governors-general of Norway)
    Danish lord and Governor-general of Norway from 1601 to 1608. During his lifetime, the Danish nobility had a monopoly on a number of administrative offices...
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  • century, members of noble families continued to hold political and social power, for example Severin Løvenskiold as Governor-General of Norway and Peder Anker...
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    Blaker Fortress (category Forts in Norway)
    (Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland and the German states) for northern supremacy. In 1675 Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Governor-general of Norway, indicated...
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    Frederick of Denmark, heir presumptive to the thrones of Denmark and Norway and Governor-general of Norway (and later King Christian VIII of Denmark)....
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  • Knight of the Elephant the same year. In 1668, King Frederik III of Denmark-Norway ordered the Governor-general of Norway to pay 2000 rigsdaler of the army's...
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  • Danish-Norwegian governor-general of Norway Povel Juel (c. 1673 – 1723), Norwegian civil servant and writer Povel Pedersson Paus (1625-1682), Norwegian cleric...
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    Norway (Bokmål: Norge, Nynorsk: Noreg), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula...
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  • Axel (name) (category Norwegian masculine given names)
    Governor-general of Norway Axel Gyllenkrok (1665–1730), Swedish baron, military general and governor of Gothenburg Axel Gyllenkrok (1888–1946), Norwegian sport...
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    Japanese general (b. 1561) March 25 – Joachim Frederick of Brieg, Duke of Wołów (b. 1550) April 8 – Ludvig Munk, Governor-general of Norway (b. 1537)...
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  • This is a list of territorial governors in the 18th century (1701–1800) AD, such as the administrators of colonies, protectorates, and other dependencies...
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    Woldemar Løvendal (category Governors-general of Norway)
    4 June 1740), was a Danish-Norwegian baron, civil servant, and military officer. He served as Governor-general of Norway from 1710 to 1712, serving under...
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    Christen Munk (category Governors-general of Norway)
    1579) was a Danish born, Governor-general of Norway and county governor. He came from Danish nobility and was the son of Hans Munk (died 1535) and Maren...
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