Johan Frederik Schlegel
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Johan Frederik Schlegel was a lawyer and civil servant who married Regine Olsen
. He was Governor-General
of the Danish West Indies
from 1855 to 1860, and Gehejmekonferensraad from 1860.
Regine Olsen
Regine Schlegel née Olsen was a Danish woman who was engaged to the philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard from September 1840 to October 1841...
. He was Governor-General
Governor-General
A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
of the Danish West Indies
Danish West Indies
The Danish West Indies or "Danish Antilles", were a colony of Denmark-Norway and later Denmark in the Caribbean. They were sold to the United States in 1916 in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies and became the United States Virgin Islands in 1917...
from 1855 to 1860, and Gehejmekonferensraad from 1860.