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Galtung
Galtung is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Galtung (noble family) * Johan Galtung Johan Vincent Galtung (born 24 October 1930) is a Norwegian sociologist who is the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and served as its ... (born 1930), Norwegian sociologist and mathematician {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galtung (noble Family)
Galtung was a Norwegian noble family dating from the ennoblement of Lauritz Galtung in 1648. However, when he was ennobled, documents exist that indicate that the family descended from an older noble family, the Galte family. A male-lineage connection between these two families has not been identified, but a female-line linkage bridging between them has been documented in genealogical records. The old family, Galte The first family called Galte, belongs to what was called the uradel (i.e., undocumented as nobility by letters of patent, but widely recognized as nobility in other sources) in the middle ages. The Galte family male-line apparently died out in ~1413. They had their main seat at Torsnes in Jondal, Hardanger. It is believed that the descendants living today represent the oldest surviving noble family in Norway. The present family, Galtung The existing Galtung family male-line can be traced back to Laurits Johanneson who was born around 1519. It was his great-grands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
