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Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

comital Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

family Adlercreutz is a part of the

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 ...

ial family

Adlercreutz Adlercreutz () is the surname of a Swedish and Finnish noble family. Overview Its oldest known ancestor is Swedish speaking Finn, Erik Markusson, dead 1654, who was a farmer in Biskops, Iso-Teutari, Lohja, Uusimaa, Finland. His son Tomas Erikss ...

. The

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

of the

Swedish cavalry This is a list of Swedish cavalry regiments, battalions, corps and companies that have existed in the Swedish Army. They are listed in three ways, first by the actual units that have existed, then by the various names these units have had, and la ...

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, � ...

and

adjutant general An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer. France In Revolutionary France, the was a senior staff officer, effectively an assistant to a general officer. It was a special position for lieutenant-colonels and colonels in staf ...

Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757-1815), who had been created a Swedish

30 August 1808, was created Swedish

count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

in accordance with the 37th paragraph of the Swedish instrument of government of 1809, meaning only the head of the family possesses the title, 31 August 1814 in

Uddevalla Uddevalla (old no, Oddevold) is a town and the seat of Uddevalla Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. In 2015, it had a population of 34 781. It is located at a bay of the south-eastern part of Skagerrak. The beaches of Uddevalla are ...

by King

Charles XIII of Sweden Charles XIII, or Carl XIII ( sv, Karl XIII, 7 October 1748 – 5 February 1818), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death. He was the second son (and younger brother to King Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sw ...

, and was introduced at the Swedish house of the nobility 10 March 1814 as comital family number 125. The present

is Carl Fredrik Magnus Adlercreutz, born 25 October 1944, who inherited the title from his father, count Gustaf Fredrik Adlercreutz, at his death in 1973. His son Magnus Gustaf Victor Adlercreutz is the present

.Riddarhusdirektionen: "Sveriges ridderskap och adels kalender 2007", page 19-20. Fälth & Hässler, 2006.

Adlercreutz no 125

*Carl Adlercreutz (1698–1750), Swedish field secretary **Tomas Adlercreutz (1733–1796), Swedish officer ***

Carl Johan Adlercreutz Carl Johan Adlercreutz (27 April 1757 – 21 August 1815) was a Swedish (Finnish) general and statesman, born in Borgå, Finland on family estates. Entering the Swedish army aged 13 in the Finnish Light Cavalry Brigade, he was present when G ...

(1757–1815), Swedish officer ****Fredrik Tomas Adlercreutz (1793–1852), Swedish officer and diplomat in Colombia *****Nikolas Adlercreutz (1832–1909), Swedish officer and landowner ******

Nils Adlercreutz Nils August Domingo Adlercreutz (8 July 1866 – 27 September 1955) was a Swedish Army officer and Equestrianism, horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Career Adlercreutz was born on 8 July 1866 in Brunneby, Motala Municipality, ...

(1866–1955), Swedish officer and horse rider *******

Gregor Adlercreutz Gregor Nils Henric Adlercreutz (16 August 1898 – 3 June 1944) was a Swedish equestrian who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He and his horse ''Teresina'' placed fourth in the individual dressage competition and won a bronze medal with t ...

(1898–1944), Swedish dressage rider *****Carlos Adlercreutz (1828–1903), Swedish chamberlain ******Carl Adlercreutz (1853–1904), Swedish count and officer *******

Carlos Adlercreutz Colonel Axel Fredrik Carlos Adlercreutz (26 January 1890 – 7 October 1963) was a Swedish Army officer. Adlercreutz is credited with the formation of the General Security Service (''Allmänna säkerhetstjänsten'') in 1938 (predecessor of the ...

(1890–1963), Swedish officer ********Thomas Adlercreutz (born 1944), Swedish jurist ********Gustaf Adlercreutz (born 1946) ***Gustaf Magnus Adlercreutz (1775–1845) Swedish lieutenant general ****

Axel Adlercreutz ''Axel'' Gustaf Adlercreutz (2 March 1821 – 20 May 1880) was a Swedish politician, civil servant, President of the Göta Court of Appeal, Minister in the Cabinet, Member of Parliament 1847–1866 and 1877–1880, Prime Minister for Justice 1 ...

(1821–1880), Swedish politician and government official *****Carl Adlercreutz (1866–1937), Swedish doctor ******Axel Adlercreutz (1917–2013), Swedish professor of law *****Magnus Adlercreutz (1868–1923), Swedish officer *****Patrick Adlercreutz (1871–1955), Swedish diplomat

Adlercreutz no 1386

*Tomas (né Teuterström) Adlercreutz (1643–1710) Swedish nursar **Erik Adlercreutz (1694–1741) Swedish ''

hovrättsråd A ''hovrättsråd'' (Swedish) or ''hovioikeudenneuvos'' (Finnish) is a judge of the Swedish or Finnish Court of Appeal (''hovrätt The courts of appeal in Sweden and in Finland'','' also known as Hovrätt ( fi, 'Hovioikeus', Swedish: Hovrätt ...

'' ***Henrik Tomas Adlercreutz (1732–1801), Swedish assessor ****Carl Henrik Adlercreutz (1772–1832), Finnish lawspeaker *****Herman Leonard Magnus Knut Adlercreutz (1825–1890), Finnish vice circuit judge ******Herman Adlercreutz (1862–1921), Finnish vice circuit judge *******Erik Adlercreutz (1899–1989), Finnish doctor ********Herman Adlercreutz (1932–2014), Finnish doctor

Others

Eric Adlercreutz Eric Adlercreutz (born 1935 in Helsinki) is a Finnish architect, and head of the Helsinki-based architecture firm A-Konsultit, founded in 1962 together with his wife Gunnel Adlercreutz. His reputation is based on having won over twenty national ar ...

(born 1935), Finnish architect, married to the architect Gunnel Adlercreutz née ''af Björkesten'' (born 1941) *Maria Adlercreutz (1936–2014), artist

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