Cappelen (family)

Cappelen (family)

Cappelen is a prominent Norwegian family of merchants, civil servants and politicans, originally from Cappeln in Northern Germany. The family immigrated to Norway in 1653. Members of the family founded the publishing house J. W. Cappelens Forlag.

Famous members

*Jørgen Wright Cappelen, founder of the publishing house
*Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen, ship-owner
*Didrich von Cappelen, member of the Eidsvoll assembly
*Ulrik Frederik Cappelen, politician
*Johan Cappelen (1889-1947), Minister of Justice
*August Cappelen (1827–52), painter
*Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, politician, civil servant
*Andreas Zeier Cappelen, government minister (several posts including Foreign Minister)
*Sofie Cappelen, actress
*Pål Cappelen, handball player

Literature

* Erik Andreas Thomle: «Familien (von) Cappelen i Norge og Danmark», Christiania 1896
* H. Krog Steffens: «Norske Slægter 1912», Kristiania 1912
* H. Cappelen: «Familien Cappelens tyske opprinnelse. Noen antagelser og hypoteser», in: "Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift" bind 31 (1988), side 378–396.


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