Her husband Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt Birgitte Christine Kaas, married Huitfeldt (2 October 1682 – 14 August 1761) was a Norwegian poet and translator of

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Biography

A member of the Danish noble

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, she was the daughter of Hans Kaas (1640–1700), Governor of Christiania (now Oslo) and

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and granddaughter of Jørgen Kaas, lord of the fiefdom Lister in

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. She was the second wife of Lieutenant-General Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt (1674–1751), a Danish war hero and member of the noble Huitfeldt family. They were the parents of three children. One of their descendants was the Norwegian historian

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. She and her husband owned several estates including Kjølberg Herregård on Onsoy. The family resided at Elingård Manor (''Elingaard herregård'') at

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, Norway. In 1733 King

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visited accompanied by his mother-in-law,

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. She encouraged Kaas to use her talents. The following year, she published the collection ''Nogle aandelige Psalmer. Overs. af det Tydske Sprog paa Dansk af den, Som inderlig begiærer at have udi sit Hierte Bestandig Christi Kierlighed'', consisting of 28 translated hymns. Three of these are included in '' Norsk Salmebok''. Most of her works, especially the non-religious poems, were lost when her house burned down in 1746.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaas, Birgitte Christine 18th-century Norwegian poets 1682 births 1761 deaths Norwegian women poets 18th-century Norwegian women writers 18th-century Norwegian writers Kaas family