Joachim Christian Gertsen Geelmuyden (1730-83)
He belonged to a family of Dutch-originated Norwegian officials, with his father being a parish priest and his grandfather being a merchant. Despite studying law, he dropped out of university. Instead, he would rise the ranks in Norwegian society to become a City Manager of Bergen.
Joachim Gyldenkrantz (1783-95)
| Old Name | Change | Aesthetics/Assimilation | Cognomen | New Name | Etymology |
| Joachim | – | – | Joachim | – | |
| Christian Gertsen | – | – | – | – | |
| Geelmuyden | Norwegization | ennoblement | Gyldenkrantz | “golden crown” [Norwegian] |
Joachim and his family would become Norwegian nobles.
Sources
- Gyldenkrantz. Wikipedia.
- Store Norske Leksikon.
- Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. “Damsgård hovedgård”.
- Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. “Geelmuyden”.
- Gisle, Jon. “notarius publicus”.