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[[File:Falsen.JPG|upright|thumb|The coat of arms of Falsen. drawn circa 1820]]
The '''Falsen family''', also ''de Falsen'', is a [[Danish nobility|Danish]] and [[Norwegian nobility|Norwegian noble family]].<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://snl.no/Falsen
|title=  Falsen|publisher =  Store norske leksikon|author=  Jon Gunnar Arntzen|accessdate= June 1, 2017}}</ref>
==History==
The family descends from Falle Pedersen (1625–1702), who lived on the farm Østrup on [[Zealand|Sealand]], [[Denmark]]. The Falsen family share the same roots as the famous Scanian family [[Weibull]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1958 |title=Fra Københavns Amt |url=http://www.falsen.se/Falsen_roots/Store_Oestrup_gaard.pdf}}</ref>
Falle Pedersen's son Enevold Falsen (1686–1769) was [[Mayor]] of [[Copenhagen]]. He was in 1758 ennobled under the name ''de Falsen''. His son Christian Magnus de Falsen (1719–1799) became a justitiarius in [[Akershus]], [[Norway]]. He was the father of the author and the official [[Enevold de Falsen]] (1755–1808). Enevold was the father of the statesman [[Christian Magnus Falsen]] (‘Father of the Constitution’), County Governor [[Carl Valentin Falsen]], and Rear Admiral [[Jørgen Conrad de Falsen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=     https://snl.no/Envold_de_Falsen  |title=  Envold de Falsen|publisher =  Store norske leksikon
|author=  Magne Njåstad|accessdate= June 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=       https://snl.no/Christian_Magnus_de_Falsen |title=  Christian Magnus de Falsen
|publisher =  Store norske leksikon |author=  Magne Njåstad|accessdate= June 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=       https://snl.no/Carl_Valentin_Falsen |title= Carl Valentin Falsen|publisher =  Store norske leksikon |author=  Knut Dørum|accessdate= June 1, 2017}}</ref>
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File:Enevold_Falsen.png|Enevold de Falsen
File:Christian Magnus Falsen litografi.jpg|Christian Magnus Falsen
File:Carl_Valentin_Falsen.jpg|Carl Valentin Falsen
File:Jørgen Conrad de Falsen 01.jpg|Jørgen Conrad de Falsen
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==Curiosa==
Upon [[Constitution of Norway|Norway's constitutional independence]] in 1814, Christian Magnus Falsen presented several proposals for the [[Flag of Norway|country's new flag]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title=Forslag til flagg - stortinget.no |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Historikk/Historisk-dokumentasjon/Flaggloven/Forslag-til-flagg/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |archive-date=2020-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112022341/https://www.stortinget.no/no/Stortinget-og-demokratiet/Historikk/Historisk-dokumentasjon/Flaggloven/Forslag-til-flagg/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
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File:Norw_Flag_proposal_07.jpg|
File:Norw_Flag_proposal_10.jpg|
File:Norw_Flag_Proposal_09.jpg|
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==References==
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==Literature==
* Achen, Sven Tito (1973): ''Danske adelsvåbener''
* Cappelen, Hans (1969): ''Norske slektsvåpen''
* Løvenskiold, Herman Leopoldus (1978): ''Heraldisk nøkkel''
* Munthe, C.M. (1928): ''Norske slegtsmerker''
* Nissen, Harald, and Aase, Monica (1990): ''Segl i Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim''
* Steffens, Haagen Krog (1911): ''Norske Slægter 1912''
* Storck, H. (1910): ''Dansk Vaabenbog''
* Thiset, A. Thiset, and Wittrup, P.L. (1904): ''Nyt dansk Adelslexikon''
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[[Category:Norwegian noble families]]