Bagge family

Bagge is a Swedish family originally of Norwegian background from Marstrand, Bohuslän, by Nils Fredriksson Bagge, burgher and mayor of Marstrand in the 17th century.[2][3][4] According to Danmarks Adels Aarbog, the yearbook of the Danish Nobility, ennobled Sea Captain Peder Bagge was issued from the family.

Bagge
Approximate rendering of recurrent ram rampant charge in Bagge coats of arms.[1]
Cadet branchesBagge af Holmegaard
Samuel Bagge

Members in selection
  • Fredrik Bagge (1646-1713)
  • Peter Bagge (1710-1779), merchant, Member of the Riksdag
  • Christian Bagge (1722-1773), Swedish consul in Tripoli
  • Peter Bagge (1743-1819), forge patron
  • Daniel Benjamin Bagge (1769-1836)
  • Samuel Bagge (1774-1814), engineer, major
  • Martin Bagge (1790-1856)
  • Jonas Bagge (1800-1869)
  • Jonas Samuel Bagge (1803-1870)
  • Julius Bagge (1844-1890)
  • Peter Fredrik Leo Bagge (1850-1926)

Cadet branches
Coat of arms of Bagge af Holmegaard with lindworm charge.

Bagge af Holmegaard

One branch through Peder Bagge was conferred Danish nobility in 1582 for war deeds.

Samuel Bagge

The engineer, Major Samuel Bagge made contributions to several national engineering endeavours, including the Göta Canal. In the Revolution of 1809 he served as an envoy between the parties of Herman Wedel Jarlsberg/Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, and Georg Adlersparre/Baltzar von Platen. Samuel Bagge was conferred Swedish nobility in 1814, but went under water in a storm in Vättern the same year. A street bears his name in Lerum, Västra Götaland County.[5]

Further reading
  • Genealogisk öfversikt öfver de ofrälse Bagge-släkterna i Sverige, Lorentz Bagge (1835-1916), Stockholm 1906

References
  1. "Armorial of Swedish Commoners (A-C)" (PDF). Freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "Bagge, släkt". Sok.riksarkivet.se.
  3. "116 (Personhistorisk tidskrift / Åttonde årgången 1906)". Runeberg.org.
  4. "117 (Personhistorisk tidskrift / Åttonde årgången 1906)". Runeberg.org.
  5. "Samuel Bagge - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". Sok.riksarkivet.se.


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