Christian Frederik Zeuthen

Christian Frederik Zeuthen (14 December 1794 - 12 November 1850) was a Danish landowner and diplomat.

Zeuthen was born on 14 December 1794 in Copenhagen, the son of judge and landowner Peter Christian Zeuthen (1755-1823) and Christine V. M. Bornemann (1764-1802).He earned a law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1815 and then entered diplomatic service.

He was first attaché in Vienna, from 1823 legation secretary in Stockholm, where he served as chargé d'affaires in 1827–28.

In 1841 Zeuthen was selected as one of the representatives of the estate owners in the negotiations that led up to the adoption of the Constitution of Denmark.

She was a daughter of count Sigismund Ludvig Schulin (1777– 1836) and Louise Elisabeth Brown (1785-1851).

After Sophie Hedvig Zeuthen's death in 1636, Sonnerupgaard was endowed to her brother Otte Brahe who sold it to Jørgen Urne later that same year.

Christian Frederik Zeuthen
Martinus Rørbye : A Hunter Shows His Wife the Result of the First Snipe Gunt . Portrait of Christian Fr. Zeuthen and his wife Sophie Hedevig, 1839, The Hirschsprung Collection .