Kjeld Lauridsen Stub (10 December 1607 – 20 April 1663) was a Dano-Norwegian priest. He was also involved in the Thirty Years' War in various roles. He was born in Varberg, then-Denmark as a son of vicar Laurids Kjeldsen Stub and his wife Margrethe Hansdatter. He attended school in Landskrona and Slagelse before studying at the University of Copenhagen from 1626 to 1628. During a subsequent travel around continental Europe, he volunteered in Brabant to fight for the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War. He attained the rank of Captain before quitting in 1631. He was a teacher in Copenhagen for less than a year, before beginning another travel in Europe. This time he volunteered for the Kingdom of France. During 1635, he quit the French army, finished his university education and was