Lord Chamberlain of Norway
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The Lord Chamberlain of Norway (Norwegian: hoffsjef) is a traditional officer of the Royal Household of Norway
. The title was introduced in 1866. In Denmark
the equivalent title is Hofmarskallen (Marshal
of the Court).
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Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The title was introduced in 1866. In Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
the equivalent title is Hofmarskallen (Marshal
Marshal
Marshal , is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word is an ancient loan word from Old French, cf...
of the Court).
Lords Chamberlain of Norway
- Ernst Løvenskiold
- Herman Severin LøvenskioldHerman Severin LøvenskioldBaron Herman Severin Løvenskiold was a Norwegian composer, most noted for his score for August Bournonville's 1836 version of the ballet La Sylphide for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen.- Life :...
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- 1905–1925: Fritz RustadFritz RustadFredrik "Fritz" Frantz Michael Wilhelm Rustad was a Norwegian civil and royal servant.He was born in Kristiania as a son of chamberlain Carl Emil Rustad and Henriette Benedicte Løvenskiold. In April 1880 in Sinsen he married Marie Magdalene Schou , a daughter of Halvor Schou...
- 1926–1931: Jacob Roll KnagenhjelmJacob Roll KnagenhjelmJacob Roll Knagenhjelm was a Norwegian royal servant. He served as the Lord Chamberlain of Norway from 1925 to 1931.-Personal life:He was born in Trondhjem as the son of Ludvig Wiese Knagenhjelm and Selma Angelique Lousie Roll....
- 1931–1945: Peder Anker Wedel Jarlsberg
- 1945–1954: Peter Fredrik Broch
- 1955–1966: Ingvald Smith-KiellandIngvald Smith-KiellandIngvald Marillus Emil Smith-Kielland was a Norwegian military officer, diplomat, sports official and royal servant....
- 1966–1985: Odd GrønvoldOdd GrønvoldOdd Grønvold was a Norwegian royal servant.He was born in Kristiania, and was a grandnephew of the former private secretary to King Haakon VII of Norway, Hans Aimar Mow Grønvold. He was hired as secretary to Crown Prince Olav of Norway in 1954, and when Olav ascended the monarch's throne in 1957,...
- 1985–1991: Ingvald M. Smith-KiellandIngvald M. Smith-Kielland-Personal life:He was born in 1919. His father Ingvald Smith-Kielland served as chamberlain and court marshal from 1949 to 1955 and lord chamberlain from 1955 to 1966, under the kings Haakon VII and Olav V . He was also the nephew of painter Per Smith-Kielland.-Career:Ingvald M. Smith-Kielland was...
- 1991–1993: Kaare LangleteKaare LangleteKaare Langlete is a retired Norwegian military officer and royal servant.He was born and grew up in Trondheim. He started a military career at the age of nineteen, and among others he served for the United Nations at the Suez Canal in 1957...
- 1993–1996: Sivert Farstad
- 1996–2004: Lars Petter Forberg
- 2004–2009: Rolf Trolle AndersenRolf Trolle AndersenRolf Trolle Andersen is a Norwegian diplomat and royal servant.He was born in Oslo as a son of diplomat Rolf Andersen and maternal grandson of Danish polar explorer Alf Trolle. He is a cand.jur. by education, and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1971.In 1979 he was...
- 2009–present: Åge Bernhard GrutleÅge Bernhard GrutleÅge Bernhard Grutle is a Norwegian diplomat and royal servant.In his early diplomatic career he was stationed at the embassies in South Korea and the Soviet Union. In 1987 he was declared as expelled from the latter country, during a minor diplomatic crisis...
See also
- Chamberlain (office)Chamberlain (office)A chamberlain is an officer in charge of managing a household. In many countries there are ceremonial posts associated with the household of the sovereign....
- Norwegian order of precedenceNorwegian order of precedenceThe Norwegian order of precedence is the hierarchy of officials in the Government of Norway used to direct seating and ranking on formal occasions, decided by the King, which came into effect from 1 July 1993.I....
- MarshalMarshalMarshal , is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. The word is an ancient loan word from Old French, cf...
- Court appointmentCourt appointmentCourt appointments are the traditional positions within a royal, ducal, or noble household. In the early medieval period, when such households were established, most court officials had either domestic or military duties; the monarch's closest advisers were those who served in the household...