Frisch family

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, family members were noted as goldsmiths in Oslo.

Its most famous member is Ragnar Frisch, the first Nobel laureate in economics.

It is descended from Christopher Frisch (born 1615), who came from Germany to work for the Kongsberg Silver Mines in Norway.

Paul Pettersen Frisch was married to Anne Antoniusdatter Nolt (born before 1678), daughter of Antonius Nolt (a German immigrant who also worked at the Kongsberg Silver Mines) and Barbro Hansdatter Schröder (1641–1712), a daughter of Hans Andersen Schröder (born ca.

Ragnar Frisch was the maternal grandfather of the television presenter Nadia Hasnaoui.