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Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold (14 June 1787 – 30 January 1844) was a Danish civil servant and nobleman who served as Governor of Iceland (1813–1819).

Castenschiold was born in Skælskør to Joachim Melchior Holten Castenschiold and Elisabeth Gysbertsdatter Behagen. The Castenschiold family is descended from his great-grandfather, Johan Lorentz Carstensen, who was a plantation owner on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. He studied law at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1806.

References

1. Háskólabókasafn, Landsbókasafn Íslands-. "Tímarit.is". timarit.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
2. Agnarsdóttir, Anna (2017-01-06). Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-89995-6.
3. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "429 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / III. Bind. Brandt - Clavus)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-26.
4. Thorkild, Hansen (2017-01-17). Islands of Slaves. Sub-Saharan Publishers. ISBN 978-9988-550-62-2.
5. Paiewonsky, Isidor (1989). Eyewitness Accounts of Slavery in the Danish West Indies: Also Graphic Tales of Other Slave Happenings on Ships and Plantations. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-1260-6.
6. Agnarsdóttir, Anna (2017-01-06). Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-89995-6.

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