Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt-Kaas, usually known as H.J. Huitfeldt-Kaas, was a Norwegian historian and Director-General of the National Archives of Norway.
Career
He was employed at the National Archives of Norway in 1858, and was acting Director-General several times before being formally appointed in 1896. -Kaas published several works on Norwegian history, including several volumes of Diplomatarium Norvegicum. He was also interested in genealogy (particularly noble genealogy), heraldry, sigillography and biographical history.
He started the work Norske Sigiller fra Middelalderen (1899–1950).
Membership
A member of the Danish noble Huitfeldt family and originally named Henrik Jørgen Huitfeldt, he adopted the name Kaas when he inherited Det Kaasenlundske Fideikommis in 1881, as he was descended from Birgitte Christine Kaas married Huitfeldt (1682–1761), a granddaughter of Jørgen Kaas.
