Frederik Gabel (1645–1708) was a Danish-Norwegian nobleman who served as Vice Governor-general of Norway from 1699 until his death in 1708.
[1] Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve had been Governor-general of Norway from 1664 through 1699, but served much of that time in Denmark, relying on his Vice Governors, Ove Juul and Just Justesen Høeg (1640-1694).
Based on his kinship to the king, Gyldenløve, as with Hannibal Sehested before him, had held substantial powers to act freely in Norway.
Gabel was authorized extended powers when compared with his immediate predecessor, Just Høeg, but notably less freedom of action than Gyldenløve.
He took those action he could, but lacking the power to act as broadly as he'd like by himself, he wrote letters to the King proposing reforms to reduce the class divide.