Jöns Peter Hemberg (1763–1834) was a

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banker and member of parliament. He founded Skånes Enskilda Bank ("Skåne's Private Bank") in 1830, together with Gustav Berghman, and Gustaf Hagerman, which later merged with Skandinaviska Kreditaktiebolaget.

Career

Hemberg made his fortune as a commodity merchant. In 1805, he began managing Ystad's auction chamber, through which he acquired some of the largest estates in

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, including Öja in 1812, Tunbyholm Castle in 1818, and

Smedstorp Castle Smedstorp Castle ( sv, Smedstorps slott) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. History Smedstorp is one of the older estates in Scania. It was for a long time the seat of the noble Swedish family Bing, between the ...

in 1820. He went on to represent

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as a member of parliament in 1823, 1828–30, 1834–35, during which he successfully managed to get financing to expand Ystad's harbour, as well as actively blocking

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's attempts to regain its city and trading privileges, which otherwise would have made

a serious competitor as a trading centre in the region. Hemberg founded Skånes Enskilda Bank together with Gustav Berghman, and Gustav Hagerman. The bank was one of the oldest and largest private banks in Sweden. In 1904 it acquired Göteborgs Köpmansbank, and went on to merge with Göteborgs largest private bank, Skandinaviska Kreditaktiebolaget. Skandinaviska Kreditaktiebolaget, which changed its name to

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in 1939, went on to merge with

Stockholms Enskilda Bank Stockholms Enskilda Bank, sometimes called Enskilda banken or SEB, was a Swedish bank, founded in 1856 by André Oscar Wallenberg as Stockholm's first private bank. In 1857, Stockholms Enskilda Bank began to employ women, claiming to be the fir ...

in 1972 to form Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, or SEB, today one of the largest nordic banks. Swedish castle Smedstorp

Personal life

Hemberg was the eldest son of Carl Hemberg and Elisabeth Catharina Sjöstedt, born in 1763 in Maglehem congregation, Scania, Sweden. He married Maria Christina Giutzelke, daughter of the alderman Jacob Emanuel Giutzelke. Together they had four children, Carl Jacob, who became a well-known businessman and vice-consul of Ystad, Fredrik Elias "Fritz", a forester, Petronella Maria, and Adolf Ludvig, who also became vice-consul and a businessman. Hemberg died in 1834 from cholera, while serving in the Swedish parliament in Stockholm. Jöns Peter Hemberg is the grandfather of the Swedish author and forester

Eugen Hemberg ''Eugen'' Peter Alexander Hemberg (9 November 1845 – 14 March 1946) was a Swedish forester, author, and hunter. Education and Career Hemberg graduated with a degree in forestry from the Swedish Forestry Institute ("Skogsinstitutet") in 1869. ...

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