Elise Løvenskiold (16 February 1844 – 15 January 1923) was a Norwegian court official. She served as the

Chief Court Mistress Court Mistress (; ; ; ; ) or Chief Court Mistress (; ; ; ; ; ) is or was the title of the senior lady-in-waiting in the courts of Austria, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Imperial Russia, and the German princely and royal courts. Chief c ...

for Queen Sophia of Norway. Elise Løvenskiold was the daughter of the Norwegian landowner baron Harald Wedel-Jarlsberg (1811–1897) and Elise Frederikke Butenschøn (1820–1868). She married landowner

Carl Otto Løvenskiold Carl Otto Løvenskiold (23 December 1839 – 1 October 1916) was a Norwegian naval officer, business executive and landowner. He served as the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm during 1884. By birth, he is a member of Løvenskiold noble fa ...

in 1865. They were the parents of Harald Løvenskiold (1868–1934). Her spouse served as Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm in 1884. She was appointed principal lady-in-waiting to Queen Sophie of Norway. The office had traditionally often been appointed to members of the Løvenskiold and Wedel-Jarlsberg families. During the Union of Sweden–Norway, the royal family had a separate Norwegian court who met them at the border and served them during their visits to Norway, after which they escorted them to the Norwegian border, where they were met by their Swedish court again. The Norwegian court was smaller than its Swedish counterpart: in 1890 Elise Løvenskiold had only one lady-in-waiting (maid of honour Helene Wilhelmine Johanne Bull) under her, and in 1903 two (lady-in-waiting Betsy Henriette Emilie Cappelen Rustad and maid-of-honour Helene Wilhelmine Johanne Bull), while her Swedish equivalent

Ebba Åkerhielm Countess Ebba Aurora Ulrika Åkerhielm af Margaretelund (née Gyldenstolpe 1841–1913) was a Swedish court official. She served as ''överhovmästarinna'' (senior lady-in-waiting) to the queen of Sweden, Sophia of Nassau, from 1890 to 1907.Gusta ...

had three married ladies-in-waiting and three maids-of-honour. Elise Løvenskiold would have served more than her predecessor, since from 1890 Queen Sophia chose to spend her summers in Norway: between 1892 and 1904 in

Skinnarbøl ''Skinnarbøl'' is a manor house and estate in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet ounty, Norway. It is located east of the city of Kongsvinger and east of the lake Vingersjøen, just north of the European route E16. History Close to the Swe ...

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Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

.Bratberg, Terje: Sofie Wilhelmine Mariane Henriette i Norsk biografisk leksikon på snl.no. Hentet 9. februar 2021 fra https://nbl.snl.no/Sofie_Wilhelmine_Mariane_Henriette

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1844 births 1923 deaths 19th-century Norwegian people Mistresses of the Robes (Norway) Norwegian ladies-in-waiting {{Norway-bio-stub