He was the father to Norwegian General Major Jürgen Christoph von Koppelow[1][2][3][4][5] As a young German nobleman from the House of Koppelow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Curt Christoph was invited in 1658 to serve under Danish field marshal Hans Schack.

He participated in the Battle of Nyborg, which concluded the Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) with a decisive victory for Denmark-Norway and its continental allies.

He was promoted to the position of lieutenant in Recke's cavalry squadron in April 1676 while fighting in the Scanian War.

In June 1676 von Koppelow, riding with Bülow's cavalry squadron, crossed into Bohuslän, Sweden, as part of Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve's Denmark–Norway invasion force.

[7][8] Subsequent to the Scanian War von Koppelow was promoted to major, commanding the Gauldal dragoon regiment of the Dano-Norwegian army from 1689 until 1699.