The Knorring family also spelled von Knorring is the name of an old Baltic-German noble family, whose members held significant positions within the

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Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

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Bogdan von Knorring Gotthard Johann von Knorring (1744 or 1746 russian: Богдан Фёдорович Кнорринг (Bogdan Fyodorovich Knorring) was a Baltic German who was a soldier in the Russian Army, rising to become a general. Biography He was born in 17 ...

(1746–1825), Russian general *

Frans Peter von Knorring Frans Peter von Knorring, (6 October 1792, Kokemäki - 29 March 1875) was a social reformer in Åland. Biography He was born on 6 October 1792. He was the vicar of Finström from 1834 to 1875 and he organized the educational system in Åland. He ...

(1792–1875), Finnish social reformer *

Sophie von Knorring Sophie Margareta von Knorring, née ''Zelow'' (28 September 1797 – 13 February 1848), was a Swedish novelist and noble. She is regarded as a pioneer of the realistic novel in Sweden. Most of her novels are romantic love stories in an aristocrati ...

(1797–1848), Swedish novelist and noble *

, (1775–1833), German writer born Sophie Tieck *

Olga Knorring Olga Evertovna Knorring (1887-1978) was a botanist from the Soviet Union known for studying the plants of Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west ...

(1887-1978), Russian botanist ;Other * F.P. von Knorring (ship), ship in Mariehamn, called after the Finnish reformer. {{surname