Lauritz Galtung (c. 1615-1661) was a

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nobleman and

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of the

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joint fleet. He was ennobled in 1648 at which time his surname was changed from Galte to Galtung.

Background

Lauritz Galtung was born at Torsnes in the parish of

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, Norway. His father, Lauritz Johannessen Galte, was one of the largest landowners in

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. The tax-census of 1647 shows that he owned 32 farms or sections of farms in Hardanger, 13 in

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, and 6 in

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. He was the first in the family to have been called ''Galtung'' rather than the earlier ''Galte'' after the renewed the nobility of the family in 1648.

Career

Galtung was appointed as a captain in the Danish-Norwegian common fleet in 1641. In 1649, Galtung was granted oversight of the parish of Hörje at

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. During the

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(1652–1654), Denmark-Norway continued to conduct trade with the

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. In May 1653, Galtung was appointed to lead a squadron of ships to guard the Norwegian coast from

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and to protect merchant ships. During the

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, Lauritz Galtung, now as admiral, was given command of seven ships in the

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. In 1658, Lauritz Galtung was appointed as

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over Lister Len (now Vest-Agder).

Personal life

He was first married to Danish noblewoman Clara Gere of Bjørnstrup; however she died in 1647, only a few months after the marriage. In 1650 he married again to Danish noblewoman, Barbara Grabow with whom he had six children; the first four born at

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(Swedish: ''Björnstorp slott'') in

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and the latter two born at Huseby kongsgård in

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after moving to

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in 1658 (as a result of the Danish loss of Scania by the terms of the

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). Lauritz Galtung died during 1661 and was buried at

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(''Jondal kyrkje'').

References

Literature

* H. D. Lind. ''Kong Frederik den Tredjes Sømagt. Det dansk–norske Søværns Historie 1648–1670.'' I Den Milo’ske Boghandel, Odense, 1896. * Johan Ellertsen Galtung. ''Galtungslekten i fortid og nutid.'' Eget forlag, Oslo, 1974. * Elin Galtung Lihaug. «Grabow, Galtung — og Pusjkin; Søkelys på en europeisk slektssammenheng». ''Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift'', 39, 93–133, 2003. * Elin Galtung Lihaug. «Aus Brandenburg nach Skandinavien, dem Baltikum und Rußland. Eine Abstammungslinie von Claus von Grabow bis Alexander Sergejewitsch Puschkin 1581–1837». ''Archiv für Familiengeschichtsforschung'', 11, 32–46, 2007.

External links

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