Axel Mowat (1592 – 27 January 1661) was a Norwegian naval officer and land owner.
[1] Mowat was born in Sunnhordland, probably on the Hovland farm at Tysnes which his father had acquired ca.
After he retired from the admiralty in the 1640s, he started acquiring additional properties, mainly within Sunnhordland.
He was the father of Karen Mowat (d. 1675) and father-in-law of Baron Ludvig Rosenkrantz (1628–85).
In time, his properties would form the basis for the estate, Barony Rosendal.