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, with the title of ''hoffjunker'', and as chamberlain for Duchess Frederica Amalia of Holstein-Gottorp. During the

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against

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in 1676, Lindenov war commissioner in

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. Lindenov came to Norway in 1681 where served as acting governor ('' amtmann'') of

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in Norway. During a travel in 1690 his ship wrecked near Sola in Jæren off the coast of

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, where both Lindenov and his wife perished.

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1640s births 1690 deaths Danish civil servants 17th-century Danish nobility Danish expatriates in Norway Deaths due to shipwreck at sea Accidental deaths in Norway County governors of Norway Lindenov family {{Norway-gov-bio-stub