Anders Mårtensson Hackzell (1705, in Nederluleå,
Norrbotten,
Sweden
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- February 13, 1757, Alatornio,
Lapland
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Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
,
Finland) worked as the chief enforcement officer (Swedish: kronofogde) and a cartographer and a mapper (Swedish: lantmätare) for the Swedish crown.
Childhood
In 1705, Anders was born in Nederluleå,
Norrbotten, Sweden. Anders was one of the seven children – six sons and a daughter – born to Mårten Andersson Hackzell (1674–1725) from Holm in
Uppland, Sweden, and Anna Nilsdotter Plantin (1663–1741) from Gammelstad in
Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; smj, Luleju; fi, Luulaja) is a city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban core (2018) and is the seat of Lu ...
, Sweden.
The father of Anders Hackzell, Mårten, worked as a commander and the chief enforcement officer (Swedish: kronofogde) for the Swedish crown. Mårten was the only child of the
Uppland clergyman
Andreas Hackzelius Andreas Laurenitt Hackzelius (born in 1630 in Hacksta, Uppland, Sweden - died on July 7, 1681, in Holm, Uppland, Sweden) was a priest of the Church of Sweden.''Svenska män och kvinnor'' – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.[Stockholm
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, in
Uppland.
Marriage and career
Anders married to Anna Catharina Plantin (1728–1807) from
Lövånger
Lövånger (Norrland dialects, Lövånger dialect ''Levanger'', Ume Sami ''Liävåŋkkere'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 761 inhabitants in 2010.
References
Exter ...
,
Västerbotten,
Sweden
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. The couple had five children, of which three were sons (one died at birth) and two were daughters.
Following in the footsteps of his father Mårten, Andreas chose to work in the service of the Swedish crown. Andreas became the chief enforcement officer (Swedish: kronofogde) for the Swedish crown and a cartographer and a mapper (Swedish: lantmätare). Among his accomplishments in cartography, Anders Hackzell mapped the area of
Kiruna
(; se, Giron ; fi, Kiiruna ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norr ...
, Sweden, in 1736. Anders gave the mountains of the area the Swedish language names ''Fredriks berg'' (Finnish: Kiirunavaara) and ''Berget Ulrika Eleonora'' (Finnish: Luossavaara), after the King of Sweden
Fredrik I and his wife
Ulrika Eleonora.
Anders died two weeks before the sixth birthday of his eldest son,
Zacharias Hackzell
Zacharias Hackzell (March 1, 1751, in Tornio, Lapland, Finland – August 20, 1804, Finland) worked as the chief of police (Swedish: kronolänsman) for the Swedish crown in Tornio, Finland.
Childhood
Zacharias was one of the five children born ...
(1751-1804). Like his grandfather Mårten and father Anders, Zacharias too landed in a career in service of the Swedish crown. Zacharias became the chief of police (Swedish: kronolänsman) for the Swedish crown in
Tornio,
Finland.
See also
*
Burestenen
Burestenen ( en, Bure's Stone), or Nolbystenen, listed in Rundata as M 1, is a memorial runestone located in the Swedish province of Medelpad.
Description
Burestenen is located in the Kvissle-Nolby-Prästbolet region near the Ljungan's outlet ...
*
Genealogia Sursilliana
''Genealogia Sursilliana'' is an old and large genealogy of Finnish Ostrobothnian families descending from a 16th-century wealthy Swedish farmer, Erik Ångerman, nicknamed Sursill. He had several children, both sons and daughters, most of whom mov ...
Sources
* ''Slott och herresäten i Sverige – Uppland (II)''.
* ''Svenska män och kvinnor'' – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.
* ''Svensk uppslagsbok'' – a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1929 and 1955 in two editions.
* ''Det medeltida Sverige'' 1:6 ("The Medieval Sweden").
''Vapenbok'' ("Book of Coats of Arm")by passagen.se.
References
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Swedish civil servants
1705 births
1757 deaths
People from Luleå