Jørgen Friis
Jørgen Friis | |
|---|---|
| Governor-general of Norway | |
| In office 1601–1608 | |
| Monarch | Christian IV |
| Preceded by | Axel Gyldenstjerne |
| Succeeded by | Enevold Kruse |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1616 Skørping, Denmark |
| Children | Christen Friis |
Jørgen Friis (died 1616 in Skørping) was a Danish lord and Governor-general of Norway from 1601 to 1608.
During his lifetime, the Danish nobility had a monopoly on a number of administrative offices. Friis was a member of that small class of upper nobility whose had access to the highest positions in Denmark-Norway, including membership on the riksråd. He became Governor-general of Norway in 1601 and initiated a major effort to revise the Norwegian law which led to Christian IV’s Norwegian Law of 1604.