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and Norwegian noble family.

History

The family descends from Falle Pedersen (1625–1702), who lived on the farm Østrup on

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. The Falsen family share the same roots as the famous Scanian family

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Falle Pedersen's son Enevold Falsen (1686–1769) was

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. He was in 1758 ennobled under the name ''de Falsen''. His son Christian Magnus de Falsen (1719–1799) became a justitiarius in Akershus,

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. He was the father of the author and the official Enevold de Falsen (1755–1808). Enevold was the father of the statesman Christian Magnus Falsen (‘Father of the Constitution’), County Governor Carl Valentin Falsen, and Rear Admiral Jørgen Conrad de Falsen. File:Enevold_Falsen.png, Enevold de Falsen File:Christian Magnus Falsen litografi.jpg, Christian Magnus Falsen File:Carl_Valentin_Falsen.jpg, Carl Valentin Falsen File:Jørgen Conrad de Falsen 01.jpg, Jørgen Conrad de Falsen

Curiosa

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References

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Literature

* Achen, Sven Tito (1973): ''Danske adelsvåbener'' * Cappelen, Hans (1969): ''Norske slektsvåpen'' * Løvenskiold, Herman Leopoldus (1978): ''Heraldisk nøkkel'' * Munthe, C.M. (1928): ''Norske slegtsmerker'' * Nissen, Harald, and Aase, Monica (1990): ''Segl i Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim'' * Steffens, Haagen Krog (1911): ''Norske Slægter 1912'' * Storck, H. (1910): ''Dansk Vaabenbog'' * Thiset, A. Thiset, and Wittrup, P.L. (1904): ''Nyt dansk Adelslexikon'' Danish noble families Norwegian noble families

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