Cappelen
Encyclopedia
Cappelen may refer to
- Cappelen (family)Cappelen (family)Cappelen is the surname of a prominent Norwegian family of merchants, land owners, civil servants and politicians. In the 18th and 19th century, it was one of the so-called patrician families in Norway, i.e...
, a distinguished Norwegian family - J. W. Cappelens Forlag, a publishing house founded by Jørgen Wright CappelenJørgen Wright Cappelen-Personal life:Jørgen Wright Cappelen was born in Porsgrund in 1805 as the ninth and last child of ship-owner Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall . His maternal grandfather was Nicolai Benjamin Aall, and as such his group of uncles included Constitutional...
of the Cappelen family