Skancke

Skancke is a Norwegian family name with some slightly different spellings as Skanke, Schanke, Schanche and others.

It is not proved whether all persons with those names descend from the same family line in the Middle Ages.

[citation needed] One famous Skancke family is from the 17th Century situated in the old mining town of Røros in Mid-Norway.

Norwegian genealogists and heraldists of today, however, provide little further support to such a theory, and there are many coats of arms with armoured legs that exist in other countries.

famous clergymen, civil servants, business men, sportsmen and politicians.