- Lauritz Galtung
Lauritz Galtung (c. 1615-1661) was a
Norwegian nobleman of theGaltung -family who was educated in the military, and becameAdmiral of the Dano-Norwegian joint fleet. He was employedSeignory over Lister len in 1658.Biography
Lauritz Galtung was born at the familyfarm of Torsnes in
Hardanger . He is the first in the family to have been called "the younger Galtung-family", as he used Galtung rather than the earlier "Galte". His father, Lauritz Johansen Galte, was one of the biggest landowners in Hardanger. The tax-census of 1647 shows that he owned 32 farms or farmparts in Hardanger, 13 in Sunnhordaland, and 6 inVoss .Family
He was first married to Danish noblewoman, Clara Gere til Bjørnstrup, however she died in 1647, only a few months after the marriage. In 1650 he got married again, to another Danish noblewoman, Barbara Grabow. Barbara and Lauritz eventually got six children, the first four born in Bjørnstrup,
Scania , and the last two born at Huseby, Farsund after moving toNorway in 1658 (as a result of theTreaty of Roskilde ).Literature
* H. D. Lind. "Kong Frederik den Tredjes Sømagt. Det dansk–norske Søværns Historie 1648–1670." I Den Milo’ske Boghandel, Odense, 1896.
* Johan Ellertsen Galtung. "Galtungslekten i fortid og nutid." Eget forlag, Oslo, 1974.
* Elin Galtung Lihaug. «Grabow, Galtung — og Pusjkin; Søkelys på en europeisk slektssammenheng». "Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift", 39, 93–133, 2003.
* Elin Galtung Lihaug. «Aus Brandenburg nach Skandinavien, dem Baltikum und Rußland. Eine Abstammungslinie von Claus von Grabow bis Alexander Sergejewitsch Puschkin 1581–1837». "Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung", 11, 32–46, 2007.External links
* [http://genealogi.no/Annonser/Lauritz_Galtung_malerier.htm Malerier av Lauritz Galtung og hans familie]
* [http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00302004&tree=LEO Noen av Lauritz Galtungs forfedre og etterkommere - interaktivt slektstre]
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