Gyldenløve (noble family)

Golden Lion) is the modern name of a medieval and now extinct family of the Norwegian nobility.

During the Late Middle Ages Gyldenløve was one of the most important families in Norway's social and political life.

The family's most prominent member was Nils Henriksson (died 1523), Lord High Steward of Norway, whose wife was Lady Inger Ottesdotter Rømer, heiress of Austrått.

The last male was Nils Henriksson's illegitimate child Henrik Nilsson Gyldenløve.

Today, the same practice is customary among historians and genealogists, in order to identify families and their members.