Northern national sex
The term Nordlandsgeschlecht ( Norwegian : nordlandsslekt ) refers to civil and ecclesiastical families that originated in Nordland , Troms and Finnmark in Norway and that were settled before 1800. They belonged to the upper classes of northern Norway .
definition
There is no fixed method of defining a northern gender. Important characteristics are, (1) that these genders were socially established before 1800, (2) that they lived in rural areas, (3) that they had typical civic culture and professions (e.g. merchant , boatman and police ), (4) that they married each other, (5) that they had fixed / hereditary gender names ( farmers had patronymics ) and (6) that they often had their origins in Denmark and Holstein .
Many northern families are described (in some cases comprehensively) in writings from the 18th and 19th centuries. These include travel reports by Gustav Peter Blom , the Swedes Johan Erik Forsström, Sven Nilsson and JW Zetterstedt, the German Leopold von Buch and the English men Arthur de Capell Brooke and Frederick Metcalfe . The culture of these sexes, including behavior, social life and dance, was different from that of the peasants.
Families at the aristocratic or patrician level, for example Brodtkorb , are generally not referred to as the northern genders. With their interregional profile, including marriage, they lacked the local anchorage that characterizes northern regional genders.
It is said that all northern families are descendants of the noble family Benkestok . Several northern families are actually descendants of the squires mentioned and even heirs to their property and property. Among the most outstanding are the Ellingsen family , whose progenitor was Elling Christophersen (1676–1730), great-grandson of Margrethe Jonsdotter Benkestok, and the Christensen family who owned the Husby estate . Also in the group of Setesvein many northerly genders have their origin.
There are several nationally prominent people belonging to the Nordland sexes, including Erasmus Zahl (the character Mack Knut Hamsuns ), Minister Sofus Arctander and Minister Jacob Schøning .
history
The term is from the older days. It is widely used in 20th century historical and genealogical literature. A few years after the publication of the book Slægten Benkestok (1904) by the genealogist Wilhelmine Brandt , the aforementioned book was referred to as a "genealogical magazine about northern sexes". Incidentally, the term appears in the book Nordlands-slegten Schøning i 360 aar (1928) by Jacob Schøning , in the book Nordlandsslekten Mentzonis opprinnelse (1956) by Nils Parelius and in the book Fra adel til bumenn: Nordlandsslekter (1996) by Gerd Fjellstad.