Anders Daae

Anders Daae (December 20, 1680 – May 18, 1763) was a Norwegian priest and landowner.

Life Daae was born in Trondheim, the son of Jonas Edvardsen (a.k.a. Jon Effuertsen, died 1683 or 1688), a townsman of Trondheim. Jonas Edvardsen did not use the surname Daae. After Jonas Edvardsen died, Simon Hoff, the chancellor of the cathedral school in Trondheim, served as Daae's guardian. The origin of Daae, the surname he adopted, is unknown or uncertain. Daae's mother was Kiersten Jensdatter (died 1683). Anders Daae is believed to have started using the surname Daae after he was admitted to the University of Copenhagen. Daae was indigent when he graduated. In Copenhagen he lived in Regentzen, a building for poor students. After he took his theology exam, he spent two years as a private tutor for a bailiff in Nordmøre, and then he traveled back to Copenhagen in 1705 with the hope of receiving a clerical position. It was probably Birgitte that initially expanded the couple's wealth. and there are many local oral traditions concerning Daae as a priest in Vik.

Descendants Anders Daae and Birgitte Munthe had eleven children (or which seven reached adulthood), giving rise to one of the largest family of civil servants in Western Norway. Around 1800 there were six parish priests from the Daae family in Sogn. By the 20th century, Anders Daae and Birgitte Munthe's descendants included at least 25 priests and many wives of priests. The surname Daae was used by Anders and Birgitte's descendants.

Anders Daae and Birgitte Ludvigsdatter née Munthe Jonas Daae (1717–1777), parish priest in Vik (after his father) Karen Cahtrine Daae (1718–1796), wife of Major Frederik Wilhelm Tuchsen Christine Daae (1719–1782), wife of her father's curate Hans J. Grøn Ludvig Daae (1723–1786), priest in Lindås and landowner Anders Daae (1758–1816), priest Johan Christopher Haar Daae (1759–1827), priest Ove Christian Leyrdahl Daae (1767–1840), priest Iver Munthe Daae (1771–1849), priest Ludvig Daae (1774–1843), priest Christen Daae (1776–1854), priest Gert (Gerhard) Daae (1728–1784) parish priest in Luster