Lauritz Galtung

Lauritz Galtung (c. 1615 – 1661) was a Norwegian nobleman and Admiral of the Dano-Norwegian joint fleet.

[1] [2] Lauritz Galtung was born at Torsnes in the parish of Jondal in Hordaland, Norway.

During the Dano-Swedish War (1657–58), Lauritz Galtung, now as admiral, was given command of seven ships in the Baltic Sea.

[1] He was first married to Danish noblewoman Clara Gere of Bjørnstrup; however she died in 1647, only a few months after the marriage.

In 1650 he married again to Danish noblewoman, Barbara Grabow with whom he had six children; the first four born at Björnstorp Castle (Swedish: Björnstorp slott) in Scania and the latter two born at Huseby kongsgård in Farsund after moving to Norway in 1658 (as a result of the Danish loss of Scania by the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde).