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Wilhelm de Tonsberg

Wilhelm de Tonsberg
04 Feb 1680 – 1731

Son of Mathias de Tonsberg
and Anna Catharina Mechlenburg

Husband of Helene Sophie Kaas

Father of  Hans de Tonsberg

Born 1680 in  Bragernes and died in 1731 in Christiania.  Kammerjunker

Chamberlain, personal aide to the King
in  1703 and accompanied King Frederik IV (King of Denmark & Norway) on his journey to Norway in 1704.  Prefect of Bergen in 1705, Governor of  Christiania (Oslo) 1710-31; deputy of the Slotsloven
The administration in Norway had been severely criticized by Commissioner of War Hans Rosencreutz in a report to the king, and later by Vice-statholder Gabel, who pointed out that the administration of Norwegian affairs was wholly dictated by the regard for the interests of Denmark and a few royal officials, whereas it ought to be conducted in such a way that it could subserve the best interests both of the king and the realm.

King Frederick realized that some change ought to be made in the Norwegian administrative system, and in 1704 a commission was created in Christiania called Slotsloven paa Akershus,  consisting of one military and four civil members, who should assist the vice-slatholder, and in general perform the duties which the statholder had hitherto had. The military member was a German officer, Tritzschler, and three of the civil members were Norwegians, who might be supposed to have more direct knowledge of Norwegian affairs.

 (literally, Castle Law), assessor in Overhofretten. Hvit ridder (literally White knight) in 1723. He was considered  a good and capable official, and for his joviality and omgjængelighet [?] very popular. Had his official residence in Raadhusgaten
Garman farm , Rådhusgata 7 in Oslo , is one of the oldest standing buildings, with building debris that may be as old as from 1622 It was essentially in its present appearance in 1647. In that year landkommissarius Johan Garmann took the farm as a private residence, and it is named after him. In 1680 and in the 1700s various owners made ​​a number of modifications, especially inside. A few modifications were made to the outside in 1760.

The building was given to the city as a new City Hall in 1734 by King Christian VI (this was 3 years after Wilhelm\’s death), after the town’s first Town Hall at was abandoned because of decay. Meetings of City Hall currently still exist in the farm, including the Town Hall auditorium on the 2nd floor towards Queen Street and Town Hall Rd. It was used partly as a courtroom, as a meeting room for citizen representatives and magistrate, and as theater, concert and party venue. The farm also contained police, detention facilities and prisons cells, including imprisonment for debt in the attic. Lay preacher Hans Nielsen Hauge had in years 1804 – 1807 his prison cell in a back building which is now re-erected in Old Town Norwegian Folk Museum. 29th June 1822 was Christiania Sparebank (later Bank of Norway) established in part of the building’s premises, as Norway’s first savings bank. The facility became too small for many purposes and different functions and the town hall had to move out until after Møllergaten police station was completed in 1866. One room was used police station which was operational until 1963 .

In 1970 took over the current tenants. The building was listed in 1927 and currently houses AUTHORS House, a common localization of Norwegian Critics Association, The Norwegian Writers Association, Norwegian Association of Literary Translators, Norwegian children’s and youth book authors and Norwegian Playwrights’ Association.

7; owned Ulveland i Eiker and considerable land. Married 1705 with Helene Sophie Kaas.

The Tonsbergs owned the noble seat of the manor Ulveland i Eiker

Ulleland (also written Ulveland ) is  in Øvre Eike located in Bakke parish . The farm is first mentioned in 1430 , when it was bequeathed by Elin Ranesdotter til Jon Toresson. The first part of the farm name refers to the Norse god Ull , indicating that the farm must have stood well before Christianity. In the 1800s Ulveland was the usual spelling, but older documents show that spelling must have been used by mistake.
 (shown below as it appeared in 1914) . Wilhelm inherited the farm from his father. Shortly before the death of his father he was appointed Prefect of Bergen and later became the Governor of Christiansand (Oslo) from 1710 – 1731.

It is said that he kept an elegant house, but lived on a large scale that exceeded his financial ability.


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1. Hans DE TONSBERG,   b. 1720
2. Amalie Catharina TONSBERG,   b. 1709

Wilhelm de Tonsberg
Ulveland i Eiker 1914

 

 

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Heritable family names (surnames) were generally adopted rather late within Scandinavia. Nobility were the first to take names that would be passed on from one generation to the next. Later, clergy, artisans and merchants in cities took heritable names. Family names were still used together with primary patronyms (father's name plus an affix denoting relationship), which were used by all social classes. This meant that most families until modern times did not have family names. Scandinavian patronyms were generally derived from the father's given name with the addition of a suffix meaning 'son' or 'daughter'. Sometimes the family name of the mother would be given to the children if that name carried status or an inheritance came from the mother's side. The names of family farms or other place names were also used. A nobleman had the right to write himself to (Norwegian: til) the seat farm(s) or the estate(s) on which he resided, for example ‘Hans Kaas til Rostrup’.

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