The Ollongren family, also spelled Ållongren is a Finnish noble family.

History

The progenitor of the family, Olof, owned an estate of Pepot (Peippola) in

Porvoon maalaiskunta Porvoon maalaiskunta, (Borgå landskommun, ''Swedish'') is a former municipality of Finland. It was established in 1866 and it was located in Eastern Uusimaa around the city of Porvoo. The municipality was consolidated with Porvoo in 1997. Nei ...

. His son Nils Olofsson was a Nimismies 1480. The family was immatriculated into Swedish House of Nobility 1625 under number 115, and it got surname Ållongren i Finland from its coat of arms, displaying two oak tree branches with

acorn The acorn, or oaknut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera ''Quercus'' and '' Lithocarpus'', in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains one seed (occasionally two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne ...

s (modern swedish: ''ekollon''). The family became extinct in Finland 1806, but continued in Russia. The surname has been made known in Netherlands by astronomer

Alexander Ollongren Alexander Ollongren (born November 9, 1928) is a professor emeritus at Leiden University. He serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Personal life Alexander Ollongren was born on November 9, 1928 on a ...

and politician

Kajsa Ollongren Jkvr. Karin Hildur "Kajsa" Ollongren (; ; born 28 May 1967) is a Dutch politician serving as the Netherlands' Minister of Defence since 10 January 2022. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66), she previously served as Minister of the Interior and Ki ...

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Ållongren i Finland nr 115 - Gustaf Elgenstierna, Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor
Families of Finnish ancestry Finnish noble families Swedish noble families Dutch families {{europe-noble-stub

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