Kristoffer Throndsen

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kristoffer Throndsen, posthumously also with the last name Rustung, was a squire, admiral, feudal overlord in Norway and Denmark, privateer captain and pirate. Kristoffer, served, Archibishop Olav Engelbrektsson, the interregnum leader of Norway, in the years ending the Kalmar Union. It is believed that Kristoffer was the nephew of Olav Engelbreksson. Kristoffer is famous for playing a role in the last years before the reformation in Norway, firstly as head of the national fleet, defending Norway from attacking Danish ships; also, notably, for having murdered Vincent Lunge, a Danish earl sent to Bergen in 1537, to enforce the Norwegian annexation by Denmark, by Danish King, Christian III. This dramatic moment in Norwegian history is memorialized today in an opera sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of culture, i.e. a "Midnight Opera", Olav Engelbrekktson, which takes place on the premises of the Castle, outside of Trondheim.