Timeline
Events in the family, set against central events in Norwegian and world history. Family events are marked “Family”.
- 1673Family
Erasmus Dietrichson was born
Erasmus was born in Copenhagen. He later became the forefather of the family in Norway.
- 1683Family
Diderik Rasmussen died
The Copenhagen merchant Diderik Rasmussen died. According to Store norske leksikon he is the earliest known forefather.
- 1723Family
Frederik Dietrichson was born
Frederik was born in the Danish West Indies, where, according to the family register, his father Erasmus was governor. He later became a major general and the forefather of four branches.
- 1724Family
The family came to Norway
Erasmus Dietrichson came from the Danish West Indies and was appointed commander of the 1st Vesterlen Regiment in Kristiansand.
- 1729Family
Erasmus bought Bringsvær
Erasmus Dietrichson bought the farm Bringsvær in Fjære from the Crown. He had lived there since 1724.
- 1735Family
Erasmus became a major general
Erasmus Dietrichson became a major general. Two years earlier he became a brigadier, after King Christian VI had inspected his regiment at Grimsletten.
- 1737Family
Erasmus Dietrichson died
Major General Erasmus Dietrichson died at the farm Bringsvær in Fjære. On 15 August he was placed in the burial vault in Fjære church.
- 1760Family
Johan Peter Dietrichson died
First Major Johan Peter Dietrichson, a son of Erasmus, died in Grimstad on 14 November. He was buried in Fjære church.
- 1762Family
Edel Hylleborg Grubbe died
The widow of Erasmus Dietrichson died at Bringsvær on 24 May. The estate settlement shows that she died poor.
- 1780Family
Frederik became commandant in Kristiansand
Frederik Dietrichson became major general and commandant in Kristiansand.
- 1787Family
The Lofthus rebellion
Frederik Dietrichson was commandant in Kristiansand during the farmers' rebellion led by Christian Lofthus. The family register of 1882 says that he became especially well known from the rebellion.
- 1791Family
Frederik Dietrichson died
Major General Frederik Dietrichson, commandant in Kristiansand, died on 29 May.
- 1806Family
Jacob Frederik Dietrichson was born
The theologian and professor Jacob Frederik was born in Arendal.
- 1814Norway
The Constitution and the union with Sweden
Norway got its own constitution at Eidsvoll and entered a union with Sweden. The union with Denmark was over.
- 1834Family
Lorentz Dietrichson was born
The art historian Lorentz Dietrichson was born in Bergen.
- 1837Family
Mathilde Bonnevie was born
The painter Mathilde Bonnevie, who later became Mathilde Dietrichson, was born in Christiania.
- 1839Family
Jacob Frederik became a professor
Jacob Frederik Dietrichson was appointed professor of theology at the university in Christiania.
- 1850Family
Cathrine Dietrichson was born
The genealogist Anne Cathrine Dietrichson was born in Skogn.
- 1855Family
Gustav Dietrichson was born
Gustav Johan Fredrik, later a bishop, was born in Wisconsin in the United States.
- 1856Family
Oluf Dietrichson was born
Oluf Christian Dietrichson, later a major general and polar explorer, was born in Skogn.
- 1862Family
Lorentz and Mathilde married
Lorentz Dietrichson and Mathilde Bonnevie married on 31 March. The following year their daughter Honoria was born in Rome.
- 1875Family
Norway's first professor of art history
Lorentz Dietrichson was appointed professor of art history at the university in Kristiania.
- 1876Family
The banner over the general's grave
The silk banner that had hung over Erasmus Dietrichson's grave in Fjære church fell apart. The remains were to be sent to the university.
- 1878Family
Mathilde exhibited in Paris
Mathilde Dietrichson exhibited at the world exhibition in Paris. The exhibition is regarded as the high point of her career.
- 1882Family
The first printed family register
Lieutenant David Dietrichson published «Stamtavle over slægten Dietrichson» in Christiania. It has 33 pages.
- 1888–1889Family
Across Greenland with Nansen
Oluf Dietrichson took part in Fridtjof Nansen's crossing of the Greenland ice cap and was responsible for measurements and mapping.
- 1890Family
Leif Dietrichson was born
The polar aviator Leif Ragnar Dietrichson was born in Hønefoss.
- 1905Family
Honoria Dietrichson's textbook
The physician Honoria Dietrichson published the textbook «Oversikt over det menneskelige legemes bygning». It came out in new editions in 1914 and 1924.
- 1905Norway
The union with Sweden was dissolved
Norway became an independent kingdom. Haakon VII became king.
- 1910Family
Gustav Dietrichson became a bishop
Gustav Dietrichson became bishop of Tromsø. From 1918 he was bishop of Hamar.
- 1911World
Amundsen reached the South Pole
Roald Amundsen's expedition was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December.
- 1914–1918World
The First World War
Norway stayed neutral throughout the war, but had to guard its coast and waters. Leif Dietrichson served as a torpedo officer in the neutrality guard in 1914.
- 1918Family
Two Dietrichsons in Kristiansand
Leif Dietrichson became commander of the Navy's flying boat station in Kristiansand, and Oluf Dietrichson became major general and commandant in the city.
- 1923Family
A new family register
A new, expanded family register was published by David Dietrichson and Cathrine Dietrichson through the Cammermeyer bookshop. It has 142 pages.
- 1924Family
«Slekten Dietrichson 1724–1924»
200 years after the arrival in Norway. The book «Slekten Dietrichson 1724–1924» is in the family's possession. The author and publisher have not been established.
- 1925Family
The polar flight toward the North Pole
Leif Dietrichson piloted one of two flying boats on Amundsen's and Ellsworth's expedition from Ny-Ålesund. The crews had to land on the ice at 87 degrees north and returned to Svalbard after three weeks.
- 1928World
The airship «Italia» crashed
Umberto Nobile's airship «Italia» crashed on the ice north of Svalbard. It set off a large international search.
- 1928Family
Leif Dietrichson and Amundsen disappeared
The French flying boat Latham 47 took off from Tromsø on 18 June to search for Nobile. On board were Roald Amundsen, Leif Dietrichson and four Frenchmen. None of them was found.
- 1940–1945Norway
The occupation of Norway
Germany occupied Norway from April 1940 to May 1945.
- 1943–1945Family
The secret church leadership
Johannes Ødegaard Dietrichson chaired the secret church leadership from the spring of 1943 until the liberation. The members were anonymous until the war was over.
- 1946Family
Johannes Ødegaard Dietrichson became cathedral dean
Dietrichson became parish priest and dean of Oslo Cathedral. He held the post until 1955.
- 1974Family
«Slekten Dietrichson 1724–1974»
The family committee published the family book, edited by Jan W. Krohn-Holm. It has 141 pages.