Preben von Ahnen
{{Short description|Norwegian civil servant and landowner (1606–1675)}}
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Preben von Ahnen (18 September 1606 – 15 November 1675) was a Norwegian civil servant and landowner.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Preben von Ahnen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Preben_von_Ahnen |language=Norwegian|access-date=21 October 2014}}
Biography
Preben von Ahnen was born on the island of Rügen, off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea. He was a son of Pomeranian nobleman Staffen von Ahnen (born {{Circa|1580}}) and nephew of Claus von Ahnen ({{Circa}} 1560–1628), who was a bailiff of Sem in Tønsberg in Vestfold and Eiker in Buskerud. He was the father of Iver von Ahnen (1659–1722), a Norwegian military officer who served as Governor of Romsdal.{{Citation |title=Iver von Ahnen |date=2023-08-22 |url=https://snl.no/Iver_von_Ahnen |work=Store norske leksikon |access-date=2023-11-23 |language=no}}
Preben von Ahnen became a sizable landowner as a result of his two marriages. From his first marriage to Else Urne (1595–1643), he acquired Dønnesgodset på Helgeland, an extensive estate located along the coast of Nordland.[http://www.ntnu.no/ub/spesialsamlingene/privark/p034/donnesgodset_p034.pdf Dønnesgodset. Coldevinske godsarkiv fra Dønnes (Axel Coldevin, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim. 1980)] Through his marriage in 1657 to his second wife, Karine Iversdatter Vind (1626–1705), he became the owner of Kaupanger Hovedgård in Sogn og Fjordane.[http://www.nrk.no/sf/leksikon/index.php/Kaupanger_Hovedg%C3%A5rd Kaupanger Hovedgård (NRK)]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413234135/http://www.nrk.no/sf/leksikon/index.php/Kaupanger_Hovedg%C3%A5rd|date=2014-04-13}}
In 1657, he established the iron foundry Ulefos Jernværk at Ulefoss in Nome, together with Ove Gjedde. He served for 20 years as bailiff and district governor in Nordland. He retired from public service as county governor of Bratsberg amt where he had served from 1669 to 1675.[https://snl.no/Ulefos_Jernv%C3%A6rk Ulefos Jernværk (Store norske leksikon)]{{cite encyclopedia|title=Preben Von Ahnen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Steinar |last=Supphellen |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Preben_Von_Ahnen/utdypning |language=Norwegian |access-date=21 October 2014}}
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{{s-ttl| title = County Governor of Bratsberg amt|years=1669–1675}}
{{s-aft| after = Niels Sørensen Adeler}}
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