Løvenskiold is a Dano-Norwegian noble family. Members of the family now live primarily in Norway.[1]
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The Løvenskiold family descend from merchant Herman Leopoldus (died 1696), who immigrated from Lübeck to Christiania. His son, also named Herman Leopoldus (1677–1750), became very rich and was in 1739 ennobled by letters patent. At the same time, he received the name Løvenskiold (lit. ‘Lion Shield’). His son Severin was made a baron (Norwegian: baron or friherre) and owned Løvenborg Castle (Løvenborg Slot) in Holbæk, Denmark.
In Norway, there is a family mansion west of Bærums Verk in the municipality of Bærum near Oslo, and one in the city of Skien in Telemark county, 150 kilometres further south in Norway.
The name is also given that family's privately owned company Løvenskiold, headquartered just west of Oslo. The holding company owns vast tracts of woodland in Norway, especially in and around Oslo and in Telemark county, and the building materials retail chain Maxbo.