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Denmark, depending on Iver's military postings, one year in
Holstein, the next in Zealand, and then Norway. They were one of the most pious families in Denmark, with Karen Marsvin making a name for herself as keen to pay to get the right clergyman in the proper position but just as eager to pay for poorhouses and hospitals. During these years, two of Karen's sisters died from an 'intense fever'. Girls weren't allowed to go to school in Denmark back then. Some very fortunate girls, like Princess
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furniture. From then on and for the rest of her life, Karen Krabbe refused to be in the same room as a Swede. The only exception was the
Swedish diplomat Johan Olivekrantz, who had visited her brother in prison and had tried to intercede in his favour with the Swedish king. Karen never returned to Scania again. Her mother was devastated by the loss of her two sons and died as a refugee in Copenhagen in 1680.
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never took up politics again but dedicated herself to the church. In 1680, Just Høg sued Jörgen Krabbe's widow for the money for
Fuldtofte Castle. We don't know what part Karen played because it was all under her husband's name. The Swedish government recognised Høg's claim, and Jytte Thott had to hand over her own home
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In 1675, war broke out again. Scania was the main war theatre. Karen was far from the fighting, though: her husband was sent to France and
Holland to represent Denmark at the peace negotiations and she did her best to speak up for Denmark. The Swedish ambassador, Bengt Oxenstierna, was highly annoyed
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January 1678, Jörgen Krabbe was executed by a firing squad in Malmö. One of the charges against him was that he'd 'subtracted Fulltofta Castle' from a native Swede. Karen's castle was now confiscated by the state and given for free to the man who'd first wanted to buy it but wasn't happy with the
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Scanian War and Denmark's failed attempt to reconquer its lost lands, Karen and Just moved to Norway, where Just took over Karen's father's old job as governor. They lived in a huge house called Garmannagården in Christiania (now Oslo) that still stands there. After the Scanian War, Karen
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was still going on at the time, and the Swedes had invaded both
Jutland and Scania. During the fighting, Jordberga Castle burnt down. According to legend, Iver Krabbe reached the estate too late, lifted his fist towards the sky and swore vengeance on the Swedish dogs. The Krabbe family moved around
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September 1677, Jörgen was arrested by the Swedes on the charge of high treason. He was suspected of having helped the local resistance movement and of having spoken about the Swedish king 'in an offensive manner'. Karen Krabbe now frantically tried to help her brother. She went around all of
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that was besieged by the Swedes. Karen and her mother and sisters hid with their relatives in the countryside. This time, Denmark lost. At first, the Swedes demanded that they be given the whole of Norway, but in the end, they made good with the considerably smaller
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because she went around Paris handing out pamphlets and books about the annexation of Scania that depicted the Swedes negatively. Karen Krabbe also made friends with Madame
Colbert, wife of the French Prime Minister, and tried to influence the circles around the Colberts in Denmark's favour.
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family considered moving to Zealand, but in the end, all of them except Tage decided to become Swedish citizens. At this time, Iver split his properties between the children. Tage received
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Paris asking the most influential people for help, and she contacted the press and handed out even more books about what was happening in Scania. The Swedish spies wrote to
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was the castle commander and later governor of Norway - a well-known military man and politician who was close friends with the king. Iver's ancestral home, Jordebjerg (now
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