Cappelen (family)

The family originated in Cappeln near Wildeshausen in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany with Johan von Cappelen [no] (1627–1688), who immigrated to Norway from Bremen in 1653. Johan von Cappelen bought several properties and ended as a bailiff in Lier, Buskerud County, Norway. The family's main branches originated from three of his sons:

• Johan von Cappelen the Younger (1658–1698), named after his father was bailiff in Lier, Norway
• Ulrich Friderich von Cappelen [no] (1668–1722), timber merchant who ran a sawmill in Skien, Telemark County, Norway
• Gabriel von Cappelen [no] (1674–1758), timber merchant in Bragernes in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway

Jørgen Wright Cappelen, a later member of the family, founded the publishing house J. W. Cappelens Forlag. The family in Norway had stopped using the von in the 19th century.^[1]

• Jørgen von Cappelen [no] (1715–1785), titular councillor of state (etatsråd), businessman and owner of Fossesholm Manor
• Diderich von Cappelen [no] (1734–1794), Skien, merchant, landowner and shipowner
• Didrich von Cappelen (1761–1828), Skien, member of the Eidsvoll assembly in 1814
• Peder von Cappelen (1763–1837), Drammen, merchant, iron works owner and politician and his wife, Christine Marie von Cappelen (née Klein, 1766–1849), botanist
• Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen (1770–1820), Porsgrunn, merchant and ship-owner
• Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen (1795–1866), Skien, county judge and politician
• Diderik von Cappelen [no] (1795–1866), also spelled Diderich, acquired and owned Ulefos Jernværk and Holden Manor, Ulefoss
• Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (1797–1864), Larvik, county governor and politician
• Nils Otto Tank (1800–1864), Wisconsin, missionary and pioneer land developer, son of Catherine von Cappelen married to Carsten Tank
• Jørgen Wright Cappelen (1805–78), Oslo (Christiania), founder of the publishing house J.W. Cappelens Forlag
• Severin Diderik Cappelen [no] (1822–1881), owner of Ulefos Jernværk and Holden Manor
• August Cappelen (1827–52), Düsseldorf, painter
• Frants Diecke Cappelen Beyer, Bergen, (1851–1918), composer
• Anna Sofie Cappelen (1854–1915), heiress to the Borgestad Manor and married to Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen
• Johan Christian Severin Cappelen (1855–1935), Trondheim, physician and politician
• Diderik Cappelen [no] (1856–1935), chamberlain at the royal court, owner of Ulefos Jernværk and Holden Manor. He discovered the mineral cappelenite, named after him
• Frederick William Cappelen (1857–1921), city engineer in Minneapolis. Cappelen Memorial Bridge is named after him
• Axel Cappelen (1858–1919), Stavanger, surgeon
• Elias Anton Cappelen Smith (1873–1949), New York City, Norwegian American civil engineer and metallurgist
• Didrik Cappelen [no] (1873–1941) (Diddi), Skien, Supreme Court barrister and resistance fighter, father of Didrik and Hans Cappelen
• Johan Munthe Cappelen (1884–1962), judge
• Didrik Arup Seip (1884–1963), professor at University of Oslo (descendant through his father's maternal grandmother)
• Didrik Cappelen Schiøtt (1887–1958), Skien, married to Margit Schiøtt, member of Stortinget, the Norwegian parliament
• Johan Cappelen (1889–1947), Trondheim, Supreme Court barrister, county governor and Minister of Justice
• Carl Otto Løvenskiold (1898–1969), Bærum, landowner (descendant through his maternal grandfather Diderik Cappelen Blom (1834–1894))
• Didrik Cappelen (1900–1970) (Dixe), Skien, resistance fighter, county judge and politician
• Jørgen Mathiesen (1901–1993), Eidsvoll, landowner (descendant through his maternal grandmother Martine Cappelen Kiær)
• Hans Cappelen (1903–1979) (Hasse), Oslo, businessman, resistance fighter and Norwegian witness in the Nuremberg trials
• Nic Waal (Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen) (1905–1960), Oslo, psychiatrist (descendant of Diderich von Cappelen (1796–1862))
• Ferdinand Finne (1910–1999), Oslo, painter (descendant of Severin Diderik Cappelen)
• Johan Zeier Cappelen (1913–2007), Oslo, ambassador
• Andreas Zeier Cappelen (1915–2008), Stavanger, justiciar, government minister (several posts including Foreign Minister)
• Bodil Cappelen (born 1930), artist
• Peder Wright Cappelen (1931–1992), Bærum, author, publisher and father of Herman Cappelen
• Trond Reinertsen (born 1945), Trondheim, economist and business leader (descendant through E.A.Smith)
• Pål Cappelen (born 1947), handball player
• Johan Kristoffer Cappelen Stensrud (1953–2021), Stavanger, one of Skagen Funds founders
• Berit Bertling Cappelen (born 1966), novelist
• Herman Cappelen (born 1967), philosopher
• Thomas Cappelen Malling (born 1970), author and director
• Sofie Cappelen (born 1982), actress
• Sebastian Cappelen (born 1990), Danish professional golfer

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  Jørgen von Cappelen, titular councillor of state
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  Diderich von Cappelen, father of Didrich, Peder, Ulrich Fredrich and Cathrine von Cappelen
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  Didrich von Cappelen, member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814
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  Peder von Cappelen, owner of Eidsfoss Jernverk, Austad Manor, Cappelen Townhouse etc.
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  Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen, merchant and shipowner
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  Cathrine von Cappelen married to Carsten Tank
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  Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen, county judge
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  Hans Cappelen, landowner and son of Didrich
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  August Cappelen, drawing by Hans Gude
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  Diderik Cappelen (1856–1935), Ulefos Jernværk
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  Gunnar Knudsen married to Sofie Cappelen
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  Elias Anton Cappelen Smith
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  Didrik Cappelen, father of Didrik and Hans Cappelen
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  Fossesholm Manor, Vestfossen
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  Gjemsø Kloster Manor, Skien (Solum)
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  Eidsfoss Iron Works Manor
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  Austad Manor, Drammen
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  The Cappelen Townhouse in Drammen
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  Borgestad Manor
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  Holden Manor, Ulefoss
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  First office building of J.W. Cappelens Forlag