Anne Clausdatter, also known as Anne Arnold and ''Anna Clausdatter'' (born 5 June 1659 in Skien, died 11 April 1713 at

Borgestad Manor Borgestad Manor ( no, Borgestad gård) is an estate and manor house in the municipality of Skien in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway. History Borgestad is located in the former parish of Gjerpen near Porsgrunn. It is one of the largest estates ...

) was a Norwegian landowner; owner of

in Skien, one of the largest estates of Bratsberg. Anne Clausdatter was descended from the leading land owners and timber merchants of the Grenland area, and was married first to Stig Andersen Tønsberg (died 1690), and then to General Johan Arnold (died 1709).

Legacy

Today, she is remembered i.a. as the title character of the poem ''

Stolt Anne ''Stolt Anne'' is a poem written by Hans Paus, parish priest in Kviteseid, around 1700. The title character is Anne Clausdatter, owner of Borgestad Manor, one of the region's largest estates, and a first cousin of Paus' wife Susanne. The poem ...

'' (''ca.'' 1700) by

Hans Paus Sir Hans Paus (born 1656 in Hjartdal – 18 March 1715) was a Norwegian priest and poet. He was parish priest in Kviteseid from 1683 until his death. A popular man in his parish who learned the local dialect (at a time when most church officials a ...

, who was married to her first cousin. The poem portrays her as a generous person who was well liked by the population of Telemark. The poem is also notable for being the first written in dialect in Norway, and 12 verses were included in ''

Norske Folkeviser Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

'' (1853) by

Magnus Brostrup Landstad Magnus Brostrup Landstad (7 October 1802 – 8 October 1880) was a Norwegian parish priest and provost, hymn writer, and poet who published the first collection of authentic Norwegian traditional ballads in 1853. Biography Landstad was born in ...

References

* J. L. Quisling:
Gjerpen. En bygdebok
Gaardhistorie I'', Kristiania, 1921 side 112-118 * Øystein Rian:
Bratsberg på 1600-tallet: stat og samfunn i symbiose og konflikt
' , side 113–117 m.fl. {{DEFAULTSORT:Clausdatter, Anne 1659 births 1713 deaths 17th-century Norwegian businesswomen 17th-century Norwegian businesspeople 18th-century Norwegian businesswomen 18th-century Norwegian businesspeople People from Skien