Jon Svaleson Smør
Jon Svaleson Smør (c. 1420–1483) was a Norwegian people, Norwegian knight, Rigsraadet, riksråd and regent. Jon was a son of the knight Svale Jonson Smør and his wife Sigrid Gunnarsdotter Kane. He was a knight from 1449, and cabinet minister from 1458. In the 1470s he was a fehird (tax minister) and høvedsmann (lord) of the king's farm. Later, he was one of main forces behind the reactivation of the Norwegian Rigsraadet, Riksråd at the end of the reign of King Christian I of Denmark, Christian I. As a riksråd, and from 1482 regent, he led the policy of the Riksråd to maintain Norway's political interests during the interregnum between 1481 and 1483. Jon was probably after 1450 married to Gudrun Olavsdotter (c. 1415–1476/86), daughter of the knight Olav Håkonsson and Ingebjørg Jonsdotter. It is unknown if they ever had any children together. Jon died of drowning at Jersøy, near Tønsberg, the last man in the direct male line of the Smør (noble family), Smør family. ...
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Smør (noble Family)
Smør, or after the coat of arms, "Leopard's head (under Chevron (insignia), chevron)", was the name of a Norway, Norwegian medieval family of the high nobility.Handegård, 2008, p. 107. The family was one of the few Norwegian nobility#Norwegian noble families, original noble families of Norway, as it, unlike many other families, did not originate from Denmark or Sweden. The family owned land in Norway, as well as on the Faroe Islands and Shetland (which at the time was a Norwegian overseas possession). The male line of the family died out in the late 15th century. Coat of arms The coat of arms of the ''Smør''-family had a blue background, and a Gold (color), golden Leopard's head under a red Chevron (insignia), chevron. The family is sometimes alternatively called "Leopard's head (under Chevron (insignia), chevron)" after the coat of arms. History Name The word "smør" is Norwegian for butter, which in the Norwegian Middle Ages was an item of payment, and often one of the standa ...
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