Blom (family from Skien)
Blom is a Norwegian family descended from Jan Fredriksen (died 1624), a citizen of Skien.[1][2] His son, parish priest Fredrik Blom (died 1657), Lårdal, adopted the family name Blom. According to playwright Henrik Ibsen, the family was one of the patrician families in Skien.[3] The family is related through marriage to families such as Cappelen, Løvenskiold, Paus and Aall.
The family adopted its coat of arms, featuring a sighthound, in the early 19th century.[4] The coat of arms is loosely based on coats of arms of other families with similar names, not known to be related to this family.
Family members[edit]
Some of the well-known family members include
- Christopher Fredriksen Blom (died 1735), Lårdal, forest owner
- Jens Christophersen Blom (1708‑84), married Susanne Paus, a granddaughter of Hans Paus
- Hans Jensen Blom (died 1808), Skien, son of Jens Christophersen Blom and Susanne Paus, ship's captain, shipowner and timber merchant, married Martha Paus (sister of Ole Paus)
- Hans Christophersen Blom (died 1814), Skien, merchant and shipowner
- Andreas Rougtvedt Blom (died 1851), Skien, ship's captain, shipowner, owner of Lagmannsgården in Skien
- Hans Jensen Blom (died 1875), Tysvær, provost and Member of Parliament
- Christine Johanne Blom, Skien, married cabinet minister Niels Aall
- Marie Severine Blom, Skien, married Didrich von Cappelen (died 1828), member of the Eidsvoll assembly in 1814
- Christopher Hansen Blom (died 1879), Skien, shipowner, timber merchant, owner of Bratsberg gård, married Marie Elisabeth née Cappelen (died 1834)
- Søren Martinus Blom (died 1874), Brevik, judge
- Diderik Cappelen Blom (died 1894), Skien, owner of Bratsberg gård
- Bendix Christian Blom (died 1928), Oslo, provost
- Dorothea Christine Blom, Oslo, married Harald Løvenskiold (died 1934), Vækerø
The descendants of the family through female lines include
- Henrik Ibsen (through his grandmother Hedevig Paus' grandmother Martha Christophersdatter Blom)
Some descendants of the family have Blom as a middle name, such as
- Hans Blom Cappelen (1803-1846)
- Christopher Blom Paus (1810-1898)
- Christopher Blom Paus (1878-1959)
References[edit]
- ^ Haagen Krog Steffens: Norske Slægter 1912, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Kristiania 1911, side 45 ff
- ^ Norsk Slektskalender I, Oslo 1951
- ^ Henrik Ibsen (14 September 1882). Letter to Georg Brandes
- ^ Hans Cappelen, Norske slektsvåpen (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms), Oslo 1969 (2. ed 1976), p.65.