Preben von Ahnen (18 September 1606 – 15 November 1675) was a Norwegian civil servant and landowner.[1]
Biography
Preben von Ahnen was born on the island of Rügen, off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea. He was a son of Pomeranian nobleman Staffen von Ahnen (born c. 1580) and nephew of Claus von Ahnen (c. 1560–1628), who was a bailiff of Sem in Tønsberg in Vestfold and Eiker in Buskerud. He was the father of Iver von Ahnen (1659–1722), a Norwegian military officer who served as Governor of Romsdal.[2]
Preben von Ahnen became a sizable landowner as a result of his two marriages. From his first marriage to Else Urne (1595–1643), he acquired Dønnesgodset på Helgeland, an extensive estate located along the coast of Nordland.[3] Through his marriage in 1657 to his second wife, Karine Iversdatter Vind (1626–1705), he became the owner of Kaupanger Hovedgård in Sogn og Fjordane.[4]
