Laurids Lindenov

Laurids Lindenov (1640s – 10 October 1690) was a Danish nobleman and civil servant in Norway. 
He was probably born at <a href="/facts/Funen/Vap0K3Vn">Funen</a>, Denmark. He was the a son of landowner Henrik Ottesen Lindenov (1602-1673) and Beate Christoffersdatter Ulfeldt (1610-1676)
The traditional education of a young nobleman included a lengthy study at universities throughout Europe. After he returned to Denmark, he served at the Court of <a href="/facts/Christian_V/8guxyKud">Christian V</a>, with the title of hoffjunker, and as chamberlain for Duchess <a href="/facts/Princess_Frederica_Amalia_of_Denmark/4hb5qf6t">Frederica Amalia</a> of <a href="/facts/Holstein-Gottorp/BcXFy0vo">Holstein-Gottorp</a>. During the <a href="/facts/Scanian_War/8q3MgJlt">Scanian War</a> against <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a> in 1676, Lindenov war commissioner in <a href="/facts/Sk%C3%A5ne_County/fc2WYvH6">Skåne</a>.
Lindenov came to Norway in 1681 where served as acting governor (<a href="/facts/Amtmann/jSkJ7IaP">amtmann</a>) of <a href="/facts/Bergenhus_amt/59trmMs8">Bergenhus amt</a> in Norway. During a travel in 1690 his ship wrecked near <a href="/facts/Sola,_Norway/PhK1Uy2n">Sola</a> in <a href="/facts/J%C3%A6ren/PbMqGHkw">Jæren</a> off the coast of <a href="/facts/Rogaland/yVdSjtgr">Rogaland</a>, where both Lindenov and his wife perished.

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