# Foreign nobility in Norway

Foreign nobility in Norway refers to foreign persons and families of nobility who in past and present have lived in Norway as well as to non-noble Norwegians who have enjoyed foreign noble status. Although being noble in their native countries, their foreign noble status did not automatically lead to naturalisation when entering the Kingdom. While some immigrant families were naturalised and became a part of the Norwegian nobility and later the Dano-Norwegian nobility, like Wedel-Jarlsberg, others did not apply for or receive a particular recognition, like de Créqui dit la Roche.

## General

According to genealogist and nobility expert Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas's list from 1886, Foreign Noble Families without Recognition as Dano-Norwegian Nobility, many of these foreign noble families had lived in Norway since the 16th and 17th century, and a few of their descendants still live in Norway today. Some of these families are also found in the surve Stifts-Relationer, made by Danish genealogist Terkel Klevenfeldt. The survey concerns Norwegian and Danish noble families, reported between 1747 and 1749, based on collected documents from the District Governors (Norwegian: stiftsamtmann) and bishops in various parts of Norway.

## List of families claiming foreign nobility without naturalization

| Name | Classification | Clame | Origin of nobility clame | Extinction |
| Barclay de Tolly | Noble | Came to Norway with major Stephan Barclay de Tolly (1677-1732). | Livonia | |
| de Besche | Noble | Came to Norway with senior lieutenant Hans Henrich Christopher von Brømbsen (1772-). | Sweden | |
| Bratt af Höglunda | Noble | | Sweden | |
| von Brømbsen | Noble | Came to Norway with senior lieutenant Hans Henrich Christopher von Brømbsen (1772-). | Livonia | |
| Bärenfels von Warnau | Noble | Came to Norway in 1700s with lieutenant colonel Nicolai Christian Bärensfels de Warnau | Mecklenburg | |
| af Geijerstam | Noble | 1773 ennobled in Sweden. Came to Norway in 1905 with Gösta af Geijerstam (1888-1954). | Sweden | |
| von Ditten | Noble | Came to Norway in 1789 with lieutenant colonel Friederich Christopher von Ditten (1761–1832). | Mecklenburg | |
| von Haffner | Noble | Came to Norway in 1700s with Johan Frederich Wilhelm von Haffner to Dal. | Alsace | |
| von Heinen | Noble | Came to Norway in 1600s with majorgeneral Albrecht Christopher von Heinen. | Livonia | |
| von Huun | Noble | Came to Norway in 1732 with Mathias Christopherson von Hoyningen genannt Huene. | Westphalia | |
| von Ingenhaeff | Noble | Came to Norway in 1770 with lieutenant general Christopher Fredrik von Ingenhaeff | Livonia | |
| von Kaltenborn | Noble | Came to Norway in 1774 with majorgeneral Carl Friedrich von Kaltenborn. | Rhineland | |
| von Koss | Noble | Came to Norway in 1600s with captain Johan Christoph von Koss. | Mecklenburg | |
| von Koppelow | Noble | Came to Norway in 1662 with major Curt Christoph von Koppelow. | Mecklenburg | |
| von Krogh | Noble | Came to Norway in 1600s with major Bernhardus von Krogh. | Bremen | |
| von Kwetzinsky-Stetzenkow | Noble | Came to Norway with lieutenant-general Michael von Kwetzinsky. | Russia | |
| von Lüttichau | Noble | Came to Norway with major general Wulff Caspar von Lüttichau or Lyttchau (1788-1831). | Saxony | |
| von Meidell | Noble | Came to Norway with court junker Gert von Meidel (-1696). | Estonia | |
| Mountevans | Baron | Came to Norway with Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, how married in 1916 Elsa Andvord. | England | |
| von Møsting | Noble | Known in Norway with major Nicolai Abraham von Møsting (1622-1683) to Høfdestad. | Brandenburg | 1720 by extinction with major general Christian Georg von Møsting. |
| Paus | Count | With Christopher de Paus. | Holy See | |
| von Printzen | Noble | Came to Norway with major Hjob Wilhelm von Printzen (-1740). | Brandenburg | |
| von Racknitz | Baron | Came to Oslo with friherre Otto von Racknitz (1829-1913) how married Caspara Møller. | Steiermark | |
| von Ramm | Noble | Came to Norway in 1670s with major Henrich Ramm (1654-1719). | Courland | |
| von Reuss | Noble | Came to Norway in 1700s with Heinrich von Reuss. | Germany | |
| Rokling (Roclenge) | Noble | Came to Norway around 1670 with senior lieutenant Johan Adam de Rochlenge. Line was not naturalist in Norway, another line was naturalist. | Courland | |
| de Seue | Noble | Came to Norway with colonel Nicolai de Seue (-1706). Family obtained Danish nobility letter in 1841. | France | |
| Scheel | Noble | Came to Norway major general Hans Jacob Scheel (1714-1774). | Germany | |
| Stibolt | Noble | Came to Norway with captain Andreas Henrik Stibolt (1686-1726). Only the line living in Denmark was naturalised in 1777 with commander Caspar Henrik Stibolt (1692-1779). | Germany | |
| de (von) Tabouillot | Noble | Noblesse de robe from France. Came to Norway in 1900s with dr.jur Wolfgang von Tabouillot gen. von Scheibler (1909–2002). | France | |
| Uggla | Noble | Came to Norway in 1902 with Carl August Uggla (1846-). | Sweden | |
| von Weltzin | Noble | Came to Norway with senior lieutenant Johan Ludvig von Weltzin (1709-1746). | Mecklenburg | |

## Literature

* Huitfeldt-Kaas, Henrik Jørgen: «De nulevende adelsslægter i Norge», Historisk Tidsskrift. (1886, 2. rekke, 5. bind, pp. 145–160)
* von Rappe, Otto Friedrich: Innberetning fra stiftamtmann i Aggershus stift, om adelige familier. (1747)
* Biskop N. Dorphs fortegnelse på de adelige familier i Akershus stift. (1749)
* http://www.hoelseth.com/nobility/nobility_survey.html Dag Trygsland Hoelseth (1999-2010)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003941/http://www.vigerust.net/adel/adel1814_slektsregister.html Tore H. Vigerust: "Alfabetisk register over adelige slekter i Norge omkring 1814"
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120426001735/http://www.wangensteen.net/ht/ht/stiftrelationer/ T. Klevenfeldt: E-book: "Stifts Relationer om Adelige i Danmark og Norge" (1747-1749)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110929004058/http://www.vigerust.net/adel/adel1886_levende.html Tore H. Vigerust: Adel: H. J. Huitfeldt-Kaas' liste 1886 over påstått "levende adel i Norge"
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110929003647/http://www.vigerust.net/adel/adel1886_fremmed.html Tore H. Vigerust: Adel: H. J. Huitfeldt-Kaas' liste 1886 over "Fremmede Adelsslekter uten anerkjennelse som dansk-norsk adel"
* https://web.archive.org/web/20120111071023/http://www.vigerust.net/adel/adelhovedindex.html Tore H. Vigerust: Adel (Oslo, 2000-2004)