Løvenskiold family

[1] Originally named Leopoldus, it was one of the early patrician Norwegian families to buy noble status, in 1739, when it was also granted the surname Løvenskiold.

[2] The Løvenskiold family descend from merchant Herman Leopoldus (died 1696), who immigrated from Lübeck to Christiania (now Oslo, Norway).

They were the parents of the following children: Severin Leopoldus Løvenskiold (1719-76) was married to lensbaronesse Magdalene Charlotte Hedevig von Numsen.

[8] [9] [10] The name is also given to the family's privately owned company Løvenskiold-Vækerø, headquartered at Ullern.

The holding company owns vast tracts of woodland in and around Oslo, Akershus, Oppland, Buskerud and Telemark, as well as the building materials retail chain Maxbo.