Gregers Krabbe

Gregers Krabbe (12 January 1594 – 20 December 1655) was a Danish nobleman who served as Governor-general of Norway. ^[1]

Gregers Krabbe
Gregers Krabbe, engraving by H.A. Greys
In office 1651–1655
Monarch	Frederick III
Governor-general of Norway
Preceded by	Hannibal Sehested
Succeeded by	Niels Trolle
Personal details
Born	(1594-01-12)12 January 1594 Jutland, Denmark
Died	20 December 1655(1655-12-20) (aged 61) Akershus Fortress
Relatives	Niels Trolle (brother-in-law) Niels Krabbe (brother-in-law)
Occupation	Nobleman Landowner

Biography

He was born in on the Vesløsgård estate at Hannæs in northwestern Jutland, Denmark. He was a son of Niels Krabbe til Vesløsgård (d. 1626) and Vibeke Ulfstand (1559–1611). He was a brother-in-law of Niels Trolle and Niels Krabbe. From the age of 14 to the age of 23, he stayed abroad, partly as an educational trip with studies in Germany, France and Italy.^[2]

From 1617 to 1625 he was secretary in the Danish Chancellery. From 1627 he was lord over the Danish county of Hindsgavl in Odense and from 1639 to 1651 at Riberhus. He was a member of the national council from 1640, and held several diplomatic missions from 1640-1643. He served as Governor-general of Norway from 1651, and died at the Akershus Castle in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1655. He was succeeded as governor by his brother-in-law Niels Trolle.^[3][4]

References

1. "Krabbe, Gregers 1594-1655". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
2. Ingvard Jakobsen. "Vesløsgård - en herregård på Hannæs". Lokalhistorisk Arkiv for Thisted Kommune. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. Gjeruldsen, Ole H. "Gregers Krabbe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
4. Bratberg, Terje. "Gregers Krabbe". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 6 June 2013.