Posse is a German and Swedish surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Abel Posse, Argentinian writer
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Amelie Posse
Amelie Posse-Brázdová (11 February 1884, in Stockholm – 3 March 1957) was a Swedish author. She is also known for her work against nazism during World War II.
Amelie Posse was the daughter of Count Fredrik Arvidsson Posse and Auda Gunhild Wen ...
, Swedish writer
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Arvid Posse
Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse (15 February 1820 – 24 April 1901) was the prime minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883.
Family background and education
Posse was born at Rosendal manor in Malmöhus County, as the son of Governor Count Fred ...
, (1820–1901), Prime Minister of Sweden
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Arvid Mauritz Posse
Arvid Mauritz Posse (5 January 1792 – 22 July 1850) was a Swedish politician, count and Marshal of the Realm, who served as Prime Minister for Justice in 1840 and between 1846–1848.
Biography
Posse was born into a noble family, as the son o ...
, (1792–1850), Swedish Prime Minister for Justice and Marshal of the Realm
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Knut Posse (chatelain) (died 1500), chatelain of the
fief of Viborg
The Fief of Viborg (1320–1534) was for two centuries a late medieval fief in the southeastern border of Finland and the entire Swedish realm. It was held by its chatelain, a fief-appointed feudal lord.
For extended periods, the medieval comman ...
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Knut Posse
Knut Jönsson Posse (Finnish: Nuutti Posse) was a Swedish general in Sweden and Finland remembered for the Viipuri Blast (1495) and for his surprise attack on the Danish Army at the Battle of Brunkeberg (1471). Military career
Knut Posse was ...
, Swedish Commander killed at the Battle of Brunkeberg
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Knut Göransson Posse (ca 1645–1714),
Governor of Stockholm
The Governor of Stockholm ( sv, överståthållaren) was the head of the Office of the Governor of Stockholm ( sv, Överståthållarämbetet, ÖÄ), and as such he was the highest Swedish State official overseeing the affairs in the City of Stoc ...
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Konstantin Posse
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Konstantin Alexandrovich Posse (russian: Константин Александрович Поссе; September 29, 1847 - August 24, 1928) was a Russian mathematician known for contributions to analysis and in particular approximation t ...
, (1847–1928), Russian mathematician, student of Pafnuty Chebyshev
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Vladimir Posse (1864–1940), Russian socialist journalist
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Hans Posse
Dr. Hans Posse (6 February 1879 – 7 December 1942) was a German art historian, museum curator, and, for over three years, from June 1939 until his death, the special representative of Adolf Hitler appointed to expand the collection of pain ...
(1879–1942), special envoy of the Führermuseum
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German-language surnames
Swedish-language surnames