Hans Hansen Lilienskiold

Hans Hansen Lilienskiold (c.1650 – 1703) was a Norwegian civil servant and author. He is particularly remembered for his works on the geography and culture of Finnmark, on the history of Italy, and for his travel journals.

He was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the eldest of six in the family of Hans Hansen (Smidt) Lilienskiold (ca. 1610-1681) and Margrethe Jonasdatter (ca. 1624-1654). His father was Mayor of Bergen. He was enrolled at the University of Copenhagen in 1668. Later he toured various cities including Leipzig, Rome and Paris. In 1672, he became secretary of the Counsellor in Stockholm. In 1673, Lilienskiold appointed deputy judge of the Bergen District Court and the Gulating Court of Appeal (1673-1684). He served as County governor of Finnmark from 1684. He was appointed district governor of Møre og Romsdal in 1702 never to accede because of illness. After the death of his father, Lilienskiold acquired the farm Hop on Askøy and farm Sletten in Lindas.