Svanenhielm (noble family)

The coat of arms of Severin Seehusen Svanenhielm.

Svanenhielm was a name in the Danish and the Norwegian nobility.

Severin Seehusen (born in 1664, † 1726) was an official in Bergen as well as in Stavanger and Northern Norway. He belonged to a wealthy citizen family in Stavanger. He owned, among other properties, Damsgård Head Farm outside Bergen and Arnegård in Stavanger.

Severin Seehausen was in 1720 ennobled under the name Svanenhielm (lit. Swan Helm), which he had adopted after buying the Svanøy Estate in 1719.

See also

• Danish nobility
• Norwegian nobility

Literature and sources

• Wikipedia, Norwegian Bokmål & Riksmål: Severin Seehusen (Per 12 April 2011.)