Claus Henrik Vieregg

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Claus Henrik Vieregg (1655–1713) was a German-Danish government official who held several important posts before becoming deputy Governor-general of Norway (then part of Denmark-Norway) from August 4, 1712, until his death on July 14, 1713. Earlier, he served as county governor on Zealand and as director of the General Post Office.

He was born in 1655 to Joachim Heinrich von Vieregg and Anna Margrethe von Hahn. His father was a member of the Mecklenburg privy council and a major general and commandant in Glückstadt. His younger brother, Volrad Paris von Vieregg, became a Mecklenburg politician and Danish military officer.

Vieregg began his career in 1684 as chamberlain to Prince Christian, and in 1690 he became the prince’s hofmester (court master). He married Margrethe Lucie von Brockdorff in 1690. In 1694 he became Amtmann of Antvorskov and Korsør counties (around modern Slagelse) and held these posts until 1703, when he was promoted to the royal privy council. In 1704 he was a deputy in the General Commission for the Land and Maritime Administration. He was named county governor of Vordingborg County in 1710 and, in 1711, Director of the General Post Office, a role he left in August 1712 when he was promoted to deputy Governor-general of Norway, a position he held until his death in 1713.