Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström (21 September 1780 – 21 December 1877) was a Swedish

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and

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and

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Biography

Cederström was born at

Fornsigtuna Signhildsberg (historically Fornsigtuna, where ''forn'' means ''ancient'', Old Sigtuna, ''Sithun'', ''Signesberg'') is a manor that formerly was a royal estate (Uppsala öd), located in the parish of Håtuna approximately west of the modern tow ...

, Sweden and was the only child of lieutenant general and later president of the Council of War (''Krigskollegium''), baron Bror Cederström (1754-1816) and his first wife Catharina Maria Voltemat. The father remarried in 1800 to the author Christina Mörner. From 1816 to 1822, he headed the Cederströmian Hussar Regiment (''Cederströmska husarregementet'', previously named the Mörnerian Hussar Regiment, ''Mörnerska husarregementet'', after the previous commander, Hampus Mörner, and later renamed the

Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment The Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment ( sv, Kronprinsens husarregemente), designated K 7, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province of Scania that traced its origins back to the 18th century. It had a number of names over its his ...

, when Crown Prince Oscar became its commander) in

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. During this time, he purchased the Säbyholm's lands outside

Landskrona Landskrona (old da, Landskrone) is a town in Scania, Sweden. Located on the shores of the Öresund, it occupies a natural port, which has lent the town at first military and subsequent commercial significance. Ferries operate from Landskrona t ...

, where he actively worked to find new agricultural methods and established the first Swedish company for manufacturing

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(though he had to sell these lands off and retire to Landskrona when he unexpectedly went bankrupt in 1848). In parallel with his business life he continued a military career, becoming supreme commander of Scania in 1819, then minister for war in 1840. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the

Order of the Sword The Royal Order of the Sword (officially: ''Royal Order of the Sword''; Swedish: ''Kungliga Svärdsorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry and military decoration created by King Frederick I of Sweden on February 23, 1748, together with the Or ...

, the

Order of the Seraphim The Royal Order of the Seraphim ( sv, Kungliga Serafimerorden; ''Seraphim'' being a category of angels) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by Frederick I of Sweden, King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword ...

and the Grand Cross of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav. He married countess Christina Hilda Wachtmeister af Johannishus (died 1871) in 1815. They had two sons and two daughters. Cederström was the stepson of

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References

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