Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm

Hans Hagerup or posthumously Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm (27 October 1717 – 19 February 1781) was a Danish-born, Norwegian jurist and civil servant. Upon his death, the King granted him a title of nobility, thus changing his surname and that of his descendants to Gyldenpalm.[1]

Hans Hagerup de Gyldenpalm
Governor of Nordland
In office 1751–1767
Preceded by	Ove Sørensen Schjelderup
Succeeded by	Peter Holm
Personal details
Born	(1717-10-27)27 October 1717 Kalundborg, Denmark
Died	19 February 1781(1781-02-19) (aged 63) Christianssand, Norway
Citizenship	Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Father	Eiler Hansen Hagerup
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen
Profession	Politician

Biography

Hans Hagerup was born at Kalundborg on the island of Zealand in Denmark. He was a son of Eiler Hagerup (1685–1743). He belonged to an old family from Trondheim, but was born in Denmark, where his father was then a priest. In the 1720s, he followed the family to Trondheim when his father was appointed successor to Thomas von Westen as head of the Christian mission among the Sami people.[2]

After studies at home, he was in 1731 sent to the University of Copenhagen by his father, who in the same year was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros. In 1734, his father arranged for him to be hired as a teacher at the Trondheim Cathedral School. Hagerup later traveled to Copenhagen, where he took his law degree in 1736. He served as County governor of Nordlands amt starting in 1751. He was appointed General War Commissioner (Norwegian: generalkrigskommissær) of Nordlands amt in 1762. He left those positions in 1767 when he was appointed chief administrative officer (Norwegian: stiftsamtmann) of Christianssands stiftamt as well as the County governor of Nedenes amt.[3]

Personal life

Hagerup was married twice. In 1740, he married Anne Cathrine Sommer (1707-1745), the widow of Bailiff and postmaster Jens Hannibalsen Hammer (1674-1738). In 1748, he married Anne Margrethe Høyer (1701-1764), the widow of another county governor named Christian Soelgaard (1687-1742). He was the grandfather of Hans Hagerup Falbe. He died in 1781 and was granted a title of nobility and after his death his family surname was changed to Gyldenpalm or de Gyldenpalm.[4]

See also

• Gyldenpalm (noble family)

References

1. "Gyldenpalm, Hans Hagerup, 1717-81". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Hans Hagerup". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
3. Bratberg, Terje. "Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
4. "Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm". Skeel-Schaffalitzky, Santasilia. Retrieved 2016-07-15.

Government offices
Preceded by Ove Sørensen Schjelderup	County Governor of Nordlands amt 1751–1767	Succeeded by Peter Holm
Preceded by Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt	Stiftamtsmann for Christianssands stiftsamt 1767–1781	Succeeded by Frederik Georg Adeler
Preceded by Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt	County Governor of Nedenes amt 1767–1781	Succeeded by Frederik Georg Adeler