Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg

Peder Anker, Count of Wedel-Jarlsberg (born 18 August 1875, died 13 October 1954) was a Norwegian courtier, military officer and estate owner.

In 1946 he succeeded his brother as head of the house of Wedel-Jarlsberg and feudal count (lensgreve), the highest rank of the Dano-Norwegian nobility and equivalent to Duke in other countries.

During the Second World War, he left the country with the royal family and accompanied Crown Princess Märtha to the United States.

In 1945, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav, the highest honour of Norway.

He succeeded his brother Karl Peder Boguslav Herman Wedel Jarlsberg as Feudal Count (lensgreve), head of the House of Wedel-Jarlsberg and holder of the entailed estate (historically fief) of Jarlsberg in 1946; feudal count was the highest rank of the Danish and Norwegian nobility, equivalent to Duke in other countries, and Wedel-Jarlsberg was the only Norwegian to hold this rank.