Blom (family from Skien)
Blom is a Norwegian family descended from Jan Fredriksen, a citizen of Skien. His son, parish priest Fredrik Blom, Lårdal, adopted the family name Blom. According to playwright Henrik Ibsen, the family was one of the patrician families in Skien. The family is related through marriage to families such as Cappelen, Løvenskiold, Paus and Aall.
The family adopted its coat of arms, featuring a sighthound, in the early 19th century. The coat of arms is loosely based on coats of arms of other families with similar names, not known to be related to this family.Some of the well-known family members include
- Christopher Fredriksen Blom, Lårdal, forest owner
- Jens Christophersen Blom, married Susanne Paus, a granddaughter of Hans Paus
- Hans Jensen Blom, Skien, son of Jens Christophersen Blom and Susanne Paus, ship's captain, shipowner and timber merchant, married Martha Paus
- Hans Christophersen Blom, Skien, merchant and shipowner
- Andreas Rougtvedt Blom, Skien, ship's captain, shipowner, owner of Lagmannsgården in Skien
- Hans Jensen Blom, Tysvær, provost and Member of Parliament
- Christine Johanne Blom, Skien, married cabinet minister Niels Aall
- Marie Severine Blom, Skien, married Didrich von Cappelen, member of the Eidsvoll assembly in 1814
- Christopher Hansen Blom, Skien, shipowner, timber merchant, owner of Bratsberg gård, married Marie Elisabeth née Cappelen
- Søren Martinus Blom, Brevik, judge
- Diderik Cappelen Blom, Skien, owner of Bratsberg gård
- Bendix Christian Blom, Oslo, provost
- Dorothea Christine Blom, Oslo, married Harald Løvenskiold, Vækerø
The descendants of the family through female lines include
Some descendants of the family have Blom as a middle name, such as
- Hans Blom Cappelen
- Christopher Blom Paus
- Christopher Blom Paus
