Daniel Danielsen Knoff (1614–1687) was a Dano-Norwegian civil servant and politician. He served as the County Governor of three different counties:

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county from 1680 until 1681, Lister og Mandal county from 1681 until 1683, and in

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county from 1683 until his death in 1687. Knoff was born in

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in Denmark. He was a Norwegian businessman and customs administrator. In 1649, he was employed as a customs officer at

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, working as the general customs administrator over the southern part of Norway from 1655 to 1670 and 1673–80. He built a large farm at

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and owned several ironworks and farms in the area. Knoff played an important role in the fight for

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rights for Strømsø and Bragernes (later they merged to form the town of

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). He then went on to serve the King as a county governor in three different counties.

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1614 births 1687 deaths County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-stub