What is "galtung"

Galtung was a Norwegian noble family dating from the ennoblement of Lauritz Galtung in 1648. However, when he was ennobled, documents exist that indicate that the family descended from an older noble family, the Galte family. A male-lineage connection between these two families has not been identified, but a female-line linkage bridging between them has been documented in genealogical records.

Galtung may refer to:

• Galtung (noble family)
• Johan Galtung (born 1930), Norwegian sociologist and mathematician