The taxes from Bergenhus are to be sent to Scania
NRR 9, s. 183 f. · 13. desember 1648 · København
What the letter says
In Copenhagen on 13 December 1648 King Frederick III writes to Ove Bjelke. The king and the Council of the Realm have decided that, in return for the sale of Crown property in Norway, an equal amount of the taxes is to be sent down to Denmark each year. Bjelke is therefore to send all kinds of taxes from Bergenhus fief, together with the commissariat toll, to the provincial commissioners in Scania twice a year: by sea at St Olaf's tide and by land on the winter roads. This is to continue until the whole sum has been paid for the Giske estate, Lady Gjørvel's estate and the Galde estate, which by the letter of 13 June 1648 were assigned to the governor-general Hannibal Sehested for his claim, at the valuation set by the commissioners.
The letter in modern English
Ove Bjelke received a letter that the tax from Bergenhus fief is to be delivered to the commissioners in Scania. Frederick III. Our favour first. Know that with the advice of the Council of the Realm of Denmark we have graciously resolved, and have also graciously informed our governor-general Sir Hannibal Sehested, that in return for the disposal of our and the Crown's property in our realm of Norway an equal amount of the taxes is to be sent down again each year for this realm's relief and great need. We therefore graciously wish that from now on you send each year from all kinds of taxes, according to our tax letter, from our fief of Bergenhus, together with the commissariat toll, as much as the taxes in all may amount to, to the provincial commissioners in our land of Scania. This is to be done at two times and terms a year, namely at St Olaf's tide by sea and in winter over the snow by land, according to the previous gracious order on sending down the commissariat toll. This shall continue until the full sum of the Giske estate and Lady Gjørvel's and the Galdes' estate, which by our previous missive of 13 June 1648 has been graciously granted to be assigned to our said governor-general Sir Hannibal Sehested for his claim on the Crown, has been paid in full, according to what the valuation of the property may amount to by the commissioners' most humble proceedings and decl
Original text
Ove Bjelke fik Brev anlangende Skatten af Bergenhuus Len at levere til Commissarierne i Skaane. F. III. V. G. t. Vid, eftersom vi med os elskelige Danmarks Riges Raads Raad naadigst have resolveret saa og vores Statholder, os elskelige Hr. Hannibal Sehested, naadigst forstendiget imod vores og Kronens Gods's Afhændelse udi vort Rige Norge saa meget af Skatterne aarligen igjen til dette Riges Undsætning og store Fornødenhed at nedsende: da ville vi naadigst, at du udaf alle Slags Skatter efter v
Background
The letter shows the economic logic of the sale: the Crown paid Sehested with land in Norway, and the Norwegian taxes thereby freed went to meet needs in Denmark. Scania was still Danish in 1648 and became Swedish only in 1658. The Galde estate was property of the noble Galde family. The letter also shows that the Giske estate and Gjørvel's estate were valued by commissioners before being handed over.
People: Gjørvel Fadersdatter (Sparre)