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Axel Løvenskiold
Carl Axel Løvenskiold (13 January 1912 – 28 September 1980) was a Norwegian landowner and painter. Personal life He was born in Ullern as a son of landowner Carl Løvenskiold (1874–1949) and Elise Bruun (1879–1950). He was a grandson of Lord Chamberlain Herman Severin Løvenskiold (Lord Chamberlain), Herman Severin Løvenskiold, great-grandson of Otto Joachim Løvenskiold, great-great-grandson of Severin Løvenskiold, grandnephew of Prime Minister Carl Otto Løvenskiold and a second cousin of Carl Otto Løvenskiold (1898–1969), Carl Otto Løvenskiold. In 1940 he married Lucie Paus (born 1917 in Bygdøy, died 2006), daughter of Nicolay Nissen Paus (1885–1968; co-owner and CEO of Paus & Paus) and Else Margrethe Paus, née Paus (born 1885). Although distantly related, Nicolay Nissen Paus and Else Paus belonged to branches of the Paus family that parted in the 17th century. Else Paus, a daughter of businessman Ole Paus (1846–1931), belonged to the Skien branch, part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ullern
Ullern is a List of boroughs of Oslo, borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. History The borough has its name from an old farm, Old Norse language, Norse ''Ullarin''. The first element is the genitive case of the name of the Norse god Ullr. The last element is ''vin'', meaning pasture or meadow. In medieval times, the farm belonged to the monastery at Hovedøya. Following the Protestant Reformation, Reformation in 1536, the farmland was separated between the crown and the local canon (priest), canon. Formally divided into lower and upper Ullern in 1740, both farms were bought by Herman Severin Løvenskiold, in 1878 and 1866 respectively. At the time, Ullern was a part of the rural municipality Aker, Norway, Aker. Signs of urbanization began in the 1800s, when Skøyen and areas along the Lysakerelva, Lysaker River, which divides Ullern from Bærum, began developing into industrial sites. The 1872 opening of the Drammen Line railway was a catalyst for further building activity, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
