The Falsen family, also de Falsen, is a Danish and Norwegian noble family. [1]
The Falsen family, also de Falsen, is a Danish and Norwegian noble family. [1]
The family descends from Falle Pedersen (1625–1702), who lived on the farm Østrup on Sealand, Denmark. The Falsen family share the same roots as the famous Scanian family Weibull.
Falle Pedersen's son Enevold Falsen (1686–1769) was Mayor of Copenhagen. He was in 1758 ennobled under the name de Falsen. His son Christian Magnus de Falsen (1719–1799) became a justitiarius in Akershus, Norway. He was the father of the author and the official Enevold de Falsen (1755–1808). Enevold was the father of the statesman Christian Magnus Falsen (‘Father of the Constitution’), County Governor Carl Valentin Falsen, and Rear Admiral Jørgen Conrad de Falsen. [2] [3] [4]
Upon Norway's constitutional independence in 1814, Christian Magnus Falsen presented several proposals for the country's new flag. [5]
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