Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian countess
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Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway
About Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg
- Karen (Christiane Andrea) Wedel-Jarlsberg, née Anker (2 November 1789 in Christiania (now Oslo) – 19 June 1849 on Bogstad gård), was a Norwegian countess and lady in waiting. Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg was the only surviving child and heir of Peder Anker and Anna Elisabeth Cold (1749–1803) and one of the richest heirs in Norway.
- She married count Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg 19 May 1807 on Bogstad. In 1814, Norway and Sweden was united and shared the same royal house.
- During the visits of the royal family in Norway, it was to have a separate Norwegian court.
- Karen Wedel-Jarlsberg was given the task to be the head lady in waiting of the first Norwegian court since the Middle Ages.
- From 1817 onward, she was named overhoffmesterinne to the Swedish-Norwegian queens Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Désirée Clary and Josephine of Leuchtenberg: first with the title hovmastarinna (Court mistress) and from 1825 with the title overhoffmesterinne (Chief court mistress).
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Image Author, Source and License
Author: Specter Co., Hamburg. Probably, the lithographer Johannes Speckter (1764–1845)
Source: Oslo Museum: image no. OB.02259 (Oslobilder), via oslobilder.no.
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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Source: Oslo Museum: image no. OB.02259 (Oslobilder), via oslobilder.no.
Olof Johan Södermark
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| Alternative names | Olof Södermark; Olof Johan Sodermark; Olaf Johan Södermark; Johan Olaf Södermark | ||
| Description | Swedish painter, soldier, draughtsman and sculptor | ||
| Date of birth/death | 11 May 1790 | 15 October 1848 | |
| Location of birth/death | Landskrona Parish | Stockholm | |
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