200px, The Horn family coat of arms features a black drinking horn on yellow background
Horn () is a
Swedish
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noble family from
Finland, known since the 14th century.
Its first known member, Olof Mattsson, is documented between 1381 and 1415, having a seat in
Halikko parish. His
seal featured the figure of a
drinking horn. Like other Swedish noble families of medieval origin, the family name was not used as a surname before the 16th century.
Several descendants of Olof Mattsson have been
ennoble
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d under extended versions of the family name. Today, only one of these branches still exists, as recognized by the
Swedish House of Nobility.
After the
Finnish war, the Horn family remained in Sweden, and was not introduced in the new
Finnish House of Nobility.
Branches
Horn af Ã…minne
After
Klas Horn
Baron Klas Kristersson Horn (1517 – September 9, 1566) was a Finnish born, Swedish nobleman and Naval Admiral who fought for Sweden in the Northern Seven Years' War of 1563–1570.
Biography
Horn was born at Ã…minne Manor in Halikko, Finland ...
, raised to
baron
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(sw. ''friherre'') under the name ''Horn af Ã…minne'' in 1561. In 1772 brothers Fredric and Gustaf Adolf Horn af Ã…minne were raised to
counts under the same name. The name derives from the manor
Ã…minne in Halikko, which was in the possession of the family from the 14th century to 1782.
Members of the ''Horn af Ã…minne'' branch include:
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Klas Horn af Åminne (1517–1566), admiral of the Swedish navy.
*
Clas Fredrik Horn af Ã…minne Clas or CLAS may refer to:
* Clas (given name)
* Clas (ecclesiastical settlement), a medieval church in Wales
* CLAS (education), a standards-based assessment used in California
* CLAS detector, the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer at the Thomas ...
(1763–1823), part of the conspiracy to murder King
Gustav III.
*
Catharina Ebba Horn af Åminne (1720–1781)
*
Henric Horn af Ã…minne
Henric Arvid Bengt Christer Horn af Åminne (12 March 1880 – 6 December 1947) was a Swedish Army officer and horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He finished tenth in the individual eventing on the horse ''Omen''. Although hi ...
(1880–1947), participant in the 1912 olympics.
Horn af Kanckas
Registered as a noble family in 1625. Named after the
Kankas manor (fi. ''Kankainen'') in
Masku
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() and covers an area of of
w ...
. The spelling reflects an older Swedish orthographical tradition. The male line went extinct in 1728.
The branches Horn af Björneborg, Horn af Marienborg and Horn af Ekebyholm all descend from the Horn af Kanckas branch.
Members of the ''Horn af Ã…minne'' branch include:
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Henrik Klasson Horn af Kanckas (1512–95)
Horn af Björneborg
After
Gustaf Horn, raised to
count under the name ''Horn af Björneborg'' in 1651. Named after the
crown estate of Björneborg, present-day
Pori
)
, website www.pori.fi
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. The male line went extinct in 1657.
Members of the ''Horn af Björneborg'' branch include:
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Gustaf Horn af Björneborg (1592-1657), Swedish
field marshal
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.
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Agneta Horn af Björneborg (1629-1672), known for her autobiographical writings.
Horn af Marienborg
After
Henrik Horn
Henrik Horn (''Henrik Horn af Marienborg'') (22 May 1618 – 22 February 1693) was a Swedish Nobleman (''friherre''), Admiral and member of the Privy Council of Sweden.
Biography
Henrik Horn was born at Stade in the Prince-Archbishopric of Bre ...
, raised to
count under the name ''Horn af Marienborg'' in 1651. Named after
Marienburg Castle (Latvian ''Alūksne'') in
Livonia. The male line went extinct in 1728.
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Henrik Horn af Marienborg (1618–93), Swedish field marshal.
Horn af Ekebyholm
After
Arvid Horn, raised to
baron
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under the name ''Horn af Ekebyholm'' in 1700, and later again to count in 1706. Named after
Ekebyholm Castle in
Uppland. The male line went extinct in 1798.
Members of the ''Horn af Ekebyholm'' branch include:
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Arvid Horn af Ekebyholm (1664-1742), Swedish President of the Privy Council Chancellery.
Similar names
The Swedish
noble families
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''Horn af Rantzien'' and ''von Horn'' are not related to the Horn family, but are of
Pomeranian and
Dutch origin, respectively.
[Wikström, Lars (ed.) (2005). ''Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening.'' 21st ed. Stockholm: Ointroducerad Adels Förening]
Notes
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* {{cite book , last=Ramsay , first=Jully , date=1909–16 , title=Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden , url=http://runeberg.org/frfinl/0193.html , location=Helsingfors , publisher=Söderström & C:o , page=180-185
Finnish noble families
Swedish noble families
Swedish families of Finnish ancestry
