Adelswärd is a Swedish Baronial family, descended from the Hultman line of the extinct noble family Adelswärd. The titular governor Johan Adelswärd (1718–1785) was created a Swedish

Baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

11 December 1770 at Stockholm Palace by King Gustavus III of Sweden, and was introduced 12 December 1771 at

Riddarhuset The House of Nobility ( sv, Riddarhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility. Name The name is literally translated as ''House of Knights' ...

as Baronial family number 249, thus making the noble family Adelswärd extinct. The just mentioned Johan Adelswärd founded the fee tail Adelsnäs, which constitutes the "Barony Adelswärd", the only one of its kind in

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. The family has members in

, Canada and the United States, and one of its members,

Eric Reinhold Adelswärd (1778–1840), was created a Swedish Count 1823, thus founding the comital family Adelswärd.Riddarhusdirektionen: "Sveriges ridderskap och adels kalender 2007", page 15. Fälth & Hässler, 2006.

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