Wohlgebogen Jacob
Tersmeden
The Tersmeden family, originally ''tor Smede'', is a noble Swedish family originally from Stade that rose to prominence in the 15th-century with Thomas tor Smede, founder of one of the most prominent trading companies in northern Germany. The fami ...
(20 May 1712 – 9 February 1767) was a Swedish nobleman,
ironmaster,
assessor
An assessor may be:
* ''Assessor'' (fish), a genus of fishes
* Assessor (law), the assistant to a judge or magistrate
* Assessor (Oxford), a senior officer of the University of Oxford
* Assessor (property), an expert who calculates the value of pr ...
and member of the
Riksdag of the Estates representing the
House of Nobility, and brother of renowned diarist
Carl Tersmeden
Carl Tersmeden (23 April 1715 – 25 December 1797) was a Swedish admiral and diarist.
Life
Early years
Carl Tersmeden was born on 23 April 1715 at Larsbo, Dalarna, as the son of Jacob Tersmeden the Elder and Elisabeth Gangia and thus the youn ...
.
Life
Early years
Jacob Tersmeden was born on 20 May 1712 in Larsbo,
Söderbärke
Söderbärke is a locality in Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County
Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, ...
,
Dalarna, the son of Jacob Tersmeden and Elisabeth Gangia.
He was brought up on his father's estate close to Söderbärke.
Education
Tersmeden started to study at
Uppsala University
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...
, aged eight, in 1720.
He was enrolled as a student at the
Swedish Board of Mines The Swedish Board of Mines ( sv, Bergskollegium) was a government agency in Sweden that worked between 1637 and 1857 with the task of guiding and controlling the mining industry and metal processing in Sweden. Between 1637 and 1649 its name was Gen ...
, aged sixteen, to study
mineralogy
Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts. Specific studies within mineralogy include the proces ...
. Instead of continuing studying sciences, he started to shoulder administrative tasks at Larsbo bruk.
Career
Tersmeden served as ironmaster to Ramnäs. After he had suddenly passed in 1767, his wife Magdalena Elisabeth Söderhielm, shouldered the role as ironmaster.
Politics
Tersmeden was member of parliament in 1755–1756. He did so as the head of the Tersmedens, serving the interests of his noble family in the assembly of the
feudal estates of Sweden. From 1760 to 1762, his younger brother, Carl, shouldered the role as representant of the Tersmedens at the Riksdag of the Estates.
Personal life
Marriage
On 22 September 1743 Tersmeden married Magdalena Elisabeth Söderhielm, also known as Lona Lisa, at
World Heritage Site
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
Engelsberg Ironworks.
Tersmeden's and Söderhielm's first child, Maria Elisabeth, was born in 1744.
Tersmeden is a direct ancestor of the
Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Princess
Augusta of Eulenburg and Hertefeld and resistance fighter
Libertas Schulze-Boysen
Libertas "Libs" Schulze-Boysen, born Libertas Viktoria Haas-Heye (20 November 1913 in Paris – 22 December 1942 in Plötzensee Prison ) was a German aristocrat and resistance fighter against the Nazis. From the early 1930s to 1940, Libs attempt ...
.
Death
Tersmeden died on 9 February 1767, aged 54, in
Hedemora
Hedemora is a town in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010.
Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a ''city'', and as such the oldest ...
. He was buried on 3 March in the Tersmeden grave near the altar at Söderbärke Church.
References
External links
Tersmeden's funeral oration
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1712 births
1767 deaths
Members of the Riksdag of the Estates
Swedish ironmasters
Swedish people of German descent
Uppsala University alumni
Swedish mineralogists
18th-century Swedish politicians
18th-century Swedish businesspeople
Swedish nobility
People from Dalarna
Jacob
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...