Irgens Estate

During King Frederick III of Denmark and Norway's wars in the 1650s Joachim Irgens, later ennobled as von Westervick, had provided the army with considerable amounts of deliveries.

On 12 January 1666, as payment for this, the King gave Irgens all crown estate in Helgeland, Salten, Lofoten, Vesterålen, Andenes, Senja, and Troms.

In addition to the estate in Norway, Irgens owned land in Denmark, the Netherlands, and the Eastern Indies.

When Joachim Irgens von Westervick died in 1675, it was stated that he was bankrupt due to debt to private creditors.

After her death in 1708 her relative Baron Jacob de Petersen inherited some of this land.