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{{Short description|Norwegian historian, archivist and genealogist}}
'''Haagen Krog Steffens''' (30 April 1873 – 9 May 1917) was a Norwegian historian, archivist and genealogist.<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://www.genealogi.no/mediawiki/index.php/Haagen_Krog_Steffens|title= Haagen Krog Steffens|publisher = Slektshistoriewiki
|accessdate= January 1, 2017 }}</ref>

Haagen Krog Steffens was born in [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of physician Henrich Steffens (1841-1984) and Asta Falch. Steffens belonged to a family originating in [[Holstein]]. Both his father and grandfather were doctors and his family fostered a number of prominent individuals.
Steffens attended [[Oslo Cathedral School|Christiania Cathedral School]] (now [[Oslo Cathedral]] School). Steffens graduated with a [[cand.jur.|Candidate of Law]] degree in 1897. Later he undertook a series of studies at archives in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Belgium. He was hired was an archivist in the [[National Archival Services of Norway]] and had a decisive influence on the archive system.

His most important works were ''Norske slægter'', released in two volumes in 1912 and 1915; ''Den norske Centraladministrasjons Historie 1814-1914'', released in 1914; and ''Kragerø bys historie'', released in 1916. He was a published in both ''[[Morgenbladet]]'' and ''[[Aftenposten]]''.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Haagen_Steffens/utdypning ''Haagen Steffens – utdypning'' (Norsk Biografisk Leksikon)]</ref>

He is best known as a very diligent genealogist. He wrote genealogies of several families, including the [[Mogensen]], [[Mathiesen]], [[Rod (Norwegian family)|Rod]] and [[Aall (Norwegian family)|Aall]] families.<ref name="Bratberg">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bratberg |first=Terje |author= |authorlink= |editor= |encyclopedia=Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (NBL) |title=Haagen Krog Steffens |url=http://www.snl.no/Haagen_Krog_Steffens |accessdate=2009-11-13 |language=Norwegian |edition= |date= |year= |publisher= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |doi= |pages= |quote= }}</ref>

He died in Oslo and was buried at [[Vår Frelsers gravlund]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.begravdeioslo.no/maler/grav/grave_id/2075|title= Arkivar Haagen Krog Steffens |publisher = Gravferdsetaten i Oslo kommune
|accessdate= January 1, 2017 }}</ref>

==Selected works==
* ''Hvitebjørn og Stubljan – En norsk Gaards og Slægts Historie'' (1898)
* ''Linderud og slegterne Mogensen og Mathiesen'' (1899)
* ''Selvig i Hurum – Et stykke norsk Gaards og Slægts Historie'' (1902)
* ''Slegten Wiel'' (1903)
* ''Herrebø Fayancefabrik og dens grundlægger Peter Hofnagel'' (1904)
* ''Slegten Stang – Bidrag til Fredrikshalds Historie'' (1905)
* ''Fru Emerentze Munch, f. Barclays Optegnelser'' (1907)
* ''Slegten Aall'' (1908)
* ''Fru Conradine Dunkers Erindringer'' (1909)
* ''Norske Slægter 1912'' (1912)
* ''Den Norske Centraladministrations Historie 1814–1914'' (1914)
* ''Norske Slægter 1915'' (1915)
* ''Kragerø Bys Historie 1666–1916'' (1916)

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