Blom is a Norwegian family descended from Jan Fredriksen (died 1624), a citizen of

Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the Norsj ...

. His son, parish priest Fredrik Blom (died 1657), Lårdal, adopted the family name Blom. According to playwright

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, the family was one of the patrician families in Skien. The family is related through marriage to families such as Cappelen, Løvenskiold,

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and Aall. The family adopted its

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, featuring a

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, in the early 19th century.Hans Cappelen, ''Norske slektsvåpen'' (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms), Oslo 1969 (2. ed 1976), p.65. The coat of arms is loosely based on coats of arms of other families with similar names, not known to be related to this family.

Family members

Some of the well-known family members include * Christopher Fredriksen Blom (died 1735),

Lårdal Lårdal is a village in Tokke Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The village is located on the north shore of the lake Bandak and about south of the village of Høydalsmo and the European route E134 highway. The village is ...

, forest owner * Jens Christophersen Blom (1708‑84), married Susanne Paus, a granddaughter of Hans Paus * Hans Jensen Blom (died 1808), Skien, son of Jens Christophersen Blom and Susanne Paus, ship's captain, shipowner and timber merchant, married Martha Paus (sister of

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) * Hans Christophersen Blom (died 1814), Skien, merchant and shipowner * Andreas Rougtvedt Blom (died 1851), Skien, ship's captain, shipowner, owner of Lagmannsgården in Skien * Hans Jensen Blom (died 1875),

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, provost and Member of Parliament * Christine Johanne Blom, Skien, married cabinet minister

Niels Aall Niels Aall (1 December 1769 – 23 October 1854) was a Norwegian estate owner, businessman and politician. Family Niels Aall was the son of lumber merchant Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739–98) from Porsgrunn and his wife Amjørg Jørgensdatter ...

* Marie Severine Blom, Skien, married Didrich von Cappelen (died 1828), member of the Eidsvoll assembly in 1814 * Christopher Hansen Blom (died 1879), Skien, shipowner, timber merchant, owner of Bratsberg gård, married Marie Elisabeth née Cappelen (died 1834) * Søren Martinus Blom (died 1874), Brevik, judge * Diderik Cappelen Blom (died 1894), Skien, owner of Bratsberg gård * Bendix Christian Blom (died 1928), Oslo, provost * Dorothea Christine Blom, Oslo, married Harald Løvenskiold (died 1934), Vækerø The descendants of the family through female lines include *

(through his grandmother Hedevig Paus' grandmother Martha Christophersdatter Blom) Some descendants of the family have Blom as a

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, such as * Hans Blom Cappelen (1803-1846) * Christopher Blom Paus (1810-1898) * Christopher Blom Paus (1878-1959)

References

{{reflist Norwegian families