Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas

Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas (born 2 February 1834 in Christiania, died 18 May 1905 in Christiania), usually known as H.J. Huitfeldt-Kaas, was a Norwegian historian and Director-General of the National Archives of Norway (riksarkivar).

A member of the Danish noble Huitfeldt family and originally named Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt, he adopted the name Kaas when he inherited Det Kaasenlundske Fideikommis in 1881, as he was descended from Birgitte Christine Kaas married Huitfeldt (1682–1761), a granddaughter of Jørgen Kaas.

He was employed at the National Archives of Norway in 1858, and was acting Director-General several times before being formally appointed in 1896.

Huitfeldt-Kaas published several works on Norwegian history, including several volumes of Diplomatarium Norvegicum. He was also interested in genealogy (particularly noble genealogy), heraldry, sigillography and biographical history. He started the work Norske Sigiller fra Middelalderen (1899–1950).

References

Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas, in Norsk biografisk leksikon
Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas, in Christian Blangstrup (ed.), Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (2nd ed., 1921)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 40988241 LCCN: n89650896 ISNI: 0000 0001 1025 4416

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