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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,

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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,

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, 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

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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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