Jarlsberg was a former countship that forms a part of today's Vestfold county in Norway.
Jonas Collett was a Danish-Norwegian public official,legislator,and statesman. Born on the Rønnebæksholm estate at Næstved in Denmark,he remained in Norway after the termination of the personal union with Denmark in 1814. He was the First minister of Norway (1822-1836).
Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian statesman and nobleman. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of Governor-general of Norway with the authority of a viceroy,representing the absent king of Norway as head of the Norwegian cabinet during the union with Sweden.
Sem or Semsbyen is a village in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county,Norway. The village is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the west of the city of Tønsberg. The village of Vear lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the southeast of Sem,along the shore of the Tønsbergfjorden. The historic Sem Church is located just northeast of the village.
Yngvar Nielsen was a Norwegian historian,politician,geographer and pioneer of tourism in Norway.
Otto Joachim Moltke was a lawyer and government official. He was the Minister of State of Denmark from 1824 to 1842.
Peter Fredrik Feilberg was a Norwegian newspaper editor,bookseller and printer,who also served as mayor of Skien.
Ole Edvard Buck was a Norwegian politician.
The Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg is a title of the Norwegian nobility and of the Danish nobility. The family of Wedel-Jarlsberg is a branch of the larger family von Wedel,which comes from Pomerania,Germany. Family members have had a significant position in the 18th and 19th centuries' Norwegian history.
Wilhelm Christian Wedel-Jarlsberg was a Norwegian nobleman and papal chamberlain.
Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup was a Norwegian educator and farmer,known for establishing the first agricultural school in Scandinavia.
Baron Frederik (Fritz) Hartvig Herman Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian aristocrat,jurist and diplomat.
Wedel Jarlsberg Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Hornsund on the southwestern part of Spitsbergen,Svalbard. The area is largely covered with glaciers,and is completely within the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park.
Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg was a Norwegian military officer and commanding general of the Royal Norwegian Army.
Events in the year 1779 in Norway.
Peder Anker,Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg was a Norwegian courtier,military officer and estate owner. He served as Lord Chamberlain for King Haakon VII of Norway from 1931 to 1945 and was one of the King's closest confidants for over thirty years. In 1946 he succeeded his brother as head of the house of Wedel-Jarlsberg and feudal count (lensgreve),the highest rank of the Dano-Norwegian nobility and equivalent to Duke in other countries.
The House of Wedel is an old and distinguished German noble family,from Stormarn in what is now Schleswig-Holstein. The family members held the title of Prince,Count and Baron.
Jarlsberg is a former county of Norway.
Jarlsberg Manor is a manor located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of the centre of the town of Tønsberg in Tønsberg Municipality,Vestfold county,Norway. It has traditionally been the residence of members of the Wedel-Jarlsberg family and the Count and Countess of Jarlsberg who led the County of Jarlsberg.
Juliane Cathrine Wilhelmine Wedel Jarlsberg (1818–1872) was a Norwegian court official. She served as the overhoffmesterinne for Queen Louise of Norway.
