Daniel Theodori adl Hjortvipa

• Daniel Theodorus Hjort , born ca. 1575 in Värend , died 28 May 1615 in Stockholm , was a Swedish official , role model for the hero in Josef Julius Wecksell's tragedy of the same name .
• Hjort was born in Småland, is said to have stayed with Clas Eriksson Fleming in Finland as a student, and in 1597 was at Turku Castle , when it was besieged by Duke Karl after Fleming's death . Hjort participated in the crew's mutiny, gained the duke's favor and received support for studies abroad. He returned to Sweden in 1601 with a master's degree and an imperial poeta laureatus title and was employed in the duke's office.
• In the following years, however, he spent most of his time in Lapland and Finnmark, where he was sent on various occasions to assert Sweden's rights and strengthen the kingdom's organizational activities in these areas. He received a mission to Russia in 1607, and in 1613 he accompanied Duke Karl Filip to Viborg as secretary. He was ennobled by Charles IX, but after his death seems to have had to share his fate with many other fortune-seekers and was pushed aside. On Pentecost 1615, he was killed in a fight at Sigfridus Forsius' house in Stockholm. In addition to a travelogue from Lapland, he has written incidental Latin poetry. Wecksell's portrayal is based on Anders Fryxell 's portrayal from Stories from Swedish history , but is freely adapted.
• Letter to Abraham Persson Brahe from Daniel Theodori adl Hjortvipa. Source: File The Shoe Monastery Collection II. Personal archive. (RA/720795.012) Volume E 8134, Created by The National Archives of Sweden.

Daniel T Hjort a Political Actor, by The Swedish Biographical Dictionary

Political Actor

Hjort, Daniel Theodori or Tordsson, adl Hjortvipa, b about SEK 1575 in Värend, d 28 May 1615 in Sthlm. Stud o poeta laureatus Caesareus before 97, enrolled at the university in Leipzig 98, mag before June 01, employed in the chancellery, often sent on missions to the Lapland lands, envoy to Moscow 19 June 06, noble at the latest 08, secr with Duke Karl Filip 13.

G trol at the end of 08 married Kerstin Jonsdtr (Torskenstierna), d approx. 66, dtr to Lt. Jon Andersson and Ingrid Månsdtr (Roos af Hjelmsäter) as well as m corporal Erik Hansson.

Before his first mention, H must have visited Prague or Vienna, where he acquired the epithet poëta laureatus Caesareus. After staying with Klas Fleming for some time, he found himself in autumn 1597 at Turku Castle, which was besieged by Duke Karl. He must have incited the crew there, so that the castle had to be surrendered. When the duke returned to Sweden, he was wooed by H with a letter of praise. In the autumn of 1598 he received a scholarship from the duke for studies at the University of Leipzig, where he became a master.

After returning to Sweden in June 1601, H won entry into the duke's office. Scholar, with good knowledge of languages and mathematics, he was intended by the duke as a professor at a planned university in Strängnäs. Apparently in the duke's entourage, H came to Turku in the late autumn of 1601. There, together with H v Birckholtz (bd 4) and Sigfridus Forsius (bd 17), he was assigned to go to the Lapland to investigate the raw marks between Sweden and Norway.

The collected information was used at the Danish-Swedish border meeting in Flabäck in February-April 1603, where H was also present. The favorable course of the meeting for the Swedish interests in the north called for action. On 2 and 3 Dec 1603, F£ and I Behm (bd 3) were instructed to go to the Finnmark coast and collect taxes from the Lapps from Titisfjord to Varanger, to designate church sites and appoint priests. The tax collection took place to Duke Karl's satisfaction. In June, they were ordered to hold earthworks from Torneå to Gästrikland, and H was tasked with moving trade in Torneå to the vicinity of the church. In August they were ordered to push on the new castle construction at Uleå and to tax the settlers by the river. At the beginning of 1605, H received new orders for the construction of the castle and for the new town, which was to be built there. In the middle of the year he was in southern Finland together with the commissioners who were to negotiate with the Russians.

At the end of 1605, H was again sent north, this time without equal companions. He designated church sites in Lycksele, Arvidsjaur, Jockmock and Enontekis and arranged the priestly service there. "As good as a trough" H brought nine Lapland boys, who were to be prepared for teaching. However, this attempt to promote spiritual development among the Lapps failed. When church life was organized around new church sites, tax collection and trade were concentrated there. H also held county councils from Torneå down to Gästrikland.

Soon after H reported his missions in the Lapland, his was sent east. In Moscow, Vasily Shuysky had taken power, after the so-called false Dmitri was killed, and H was ordered on 19 June 1606 to travel to the new ruler. No advantage was gained from the visit. H was detained for some time in Moscow, and on the return journey he was assaulted and beaten. At the end of October, he was back in Viborg.

In December, H was ordered to undertake a new expedition to the North Sea. They were to move forward with an armed force of 100 men, start building ships and blockhouses and cooperate with B Bäck (bd 7), who would attack Kolahus, while at the same time they would take possession of Petsamo monastery by hook or by crook. However, the military plans against the Russians did not come to fruition.

In March 1607, H was in Uppsala, where he acted as herald at Charles's coronation and, on the occasion of that, wrote a eulogy. Three weeks later he stood accused of treasonous speech but was acquitted by the court and still enjoyed Karl's favor. He has probably now been ennobled. When the king in September 1608 recommended him for a noble marriage, he is called Hjortvipa. He probably got the name when he was ennobled.

Both in December 1609 and in July 1610, H was sent to the coast of Finnmark, where the situation had become more severe. On the former occasion, in a sharp letter he blamed the governor of Vardöhus for the destruction of a Swedish blockhouse, on the latter he succeeded in collecting taxes from the sea lappers. H's involvement in the north seemed to take a firmer form, when in the summer of 1610 he was made commissioner in Norrlanden and the Lappmarks with inspection of the bailiffs. However, nothing came of this, when the Danish war in 1611 put an end to the Swedish penetration of the North Sea.

It has been said that H "really seriously subordinated the Lappish outlands to the organizational activities of the kingdom in both spiritual and worldly measure". During his travels, he had also made observations, which Anders Bure was able to use for the first Swedish map of Lapland.

Charles IX's death touched H deeply. In an epitaph he expressed his high esteem for the deceased. For H, the change of government in 1611 meant that he now had to stick to the dowager queen. 1613 consequence

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Sources

• Nordic family book / 19th century edition. 6. Grimsby - Hufvudskatt / 1325-1326 - http://runeberg.org/nfaf/0667.html
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