Knagenhjelm (noble family)

Niels Tygesen Knag was the son of district magistrate Tyge Nielssøn Castberg (ca.

[2][3][4] [5] The surname Knagenhielm was granted when on 21 December 1721, Niels Tygesen Knag was ennobled by King Christian VI.

He had descent through his first marriage including his grandson, Joachim de Knagenhielm (1727-1796) who served as County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus (1763-1771) and of Nordland (1771-1789).

Description without the heraldic terminology: On a blue shield a tilted, chopped and knotty silver tree trunk beside or above which there are three golden stars in each of two bends.

On the helmet is a six-pointed star between two buffalo horns divided in gold and blue, vice versa, respectively.