Severin Mortensen Seehuusen Svanenhjelm

1664 - 1726  (62 years)

• Name	Severin Mortensen Seehuusen Svanenhjelm
  Birth	1664	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	1726	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
  Person ID	I36131	Master
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Morten Hanssøn Seehuusen,   b. 5 Jun 1629, Holsten, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Germany d. May 1694, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Elisabeth Søfrensdatter Godtzen,   b. 26 Aug 1639, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway d. 4 Dec 1714, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	13 Feb 1659	Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
  Family ID	F2747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1664 - Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway Death - 1726 - Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Seehusen, Severin Mortensen Svanenhjelm

  
  

• Notes

  Severin de Svanenhielm (Seehuusen) was born in 1664, died in 1726, was founding clerk in Bergen in 1711 and held this office also in Stavanger and Northern Norway. He belonged to a wealthy citizen family in Stavanger. He owned, among other things, the Damsgaard estate on Laksevåg, where the Damsgård main farm is located and Arnegård in Stavanger. He must also have built the oldest parts of it. He was knighted in 1720 under the name Svanenhielm, which he had assumed when he bought the Svanøy estate in 1719. Coat of arms Before the nobility, Severin Seehusen used a coat of arms with a skull placed on two crossed bones and under one arm from a cloud. The helmet sign is a standing swan with raised wings. In his coat of arms he received several figures with special symbolism. In the weapon the shield is divided into four parts: 1st field blue with a silver swan (so-called "talking weapon" for the name). It probably refers to Svanøy. 2nd field gold with a red house. It can be a red-painted house or it can be a brick house. It may refer to Damsgård, but can also be a "talking weapon" for the name Seehusen. We do not know if it is a sign of a real house. The third field is the same as the second field, but here it is a silver house. 4th field is equal to 1st field. On the helmet, the helmet is a silver swan. Around the neck of the helmet hangs a gold necklace attached to a blue ribbon. Sources Norwegian Wikipedia: Severin Seehusen Svanenhielm munthe.net: Severin Seehusen Note Severin Seehusen (born 1664, died 1726) was a founding clerk in Bergen in 1711 and held this office also in Stavanger and Northern Norway. He belonged to a wealthy citizen family in Stavanger. He owned, among other things, the Damsgaard estate on Laksevåg, where the Damsgård main farm is located and Arnegård in Stavanger. He must also have built the oldest parts of it. He was honored in 1720 under the name Svanenhjelm, which he had taken when he bought the Svanøy estate in 1719. (By Irene Røyneberg) Adlet 'de Svanenhielm' 1720. Eide Svanøy Main estate from 1720 Was a successful merchant in 1702. Severin was noble 20 Dec 1720 after he took over Svanøy Main Estate, having acquired Damsgaard Main Estate just before. He came for a few years afterwards in a bottomless cash shortage of over 100,000 riksdaler, and the King took over the goods.