Lidströmer is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden,

Medelpad Medelpad ( or ) is a historical province or ''landskap'' in the north of Sweden. It borders Hälsingland, Härjedalen, Jämtland, Ångermanland and the Gulf of Bothnia. The province is a part of Norrland and as such considered to be Northe ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. Knighted on 3 October 1800 by King

Gustav IV Adolf Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland in 180 ...

Stockholm Palace Stockholm Palace, or the Royal Palace, ( or ) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch (King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia use Drottningholm Palace as their usual residence). Stockholm Palace is in Stadsholm ...

, Sweden.

Jonas Lidströmer Jonas Lidströmer (1755–1808) was a Swedish inventor and officer in the Swedish Navy. Lidströmer was born in 1755 at Lagfors bruk, Medelpad, and died 1808 in Stockholm. He was a ''colonel-mecanicus'', head of the mechanical state of the Royal S ...

(1755–1808) was nobilised on the grounds of his great innovations during late 18th century Eldest paternal progenitor is Nils Aronsson (164(6)–1701) from Boda in Liden,

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrland", as it was in the ...

. His great grandson, was the lieutenant colonel 'mekanikus', head of the

Swedish Navy The Swedish Navy () is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval units – the Fleet (), formally sometimes referred to as the Royal Navy () – as well as marine units, the Amph ...

's 'mechanical estate' (the highest

engineering education Engineering education is the activity of teaching knowledge and principles to the professional practice of engineering. It includes an initial education ( Dip.Eng.)and (B.Eng.) or ( M.Eng.), and any advanced education and specializations th ...

at the time) in

and preses in the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

Notable members

(1755–1808), inventor * Anna Fredrika Lidströmer (1780-1861), spouse of Admiral Otto Gustaf Nordenskiöld * Fredrik August Lidströmer (1787–1856), architect * Fredrik Lidströmer (1820-1863), officer at the

Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy existed for nearly a century. In 1784, one of French king Louis XVI's ministers ceded Saint Barthélemy to Sweden in exchange for trading rights in the Swedish port of Gothenburg. Swedish rule lasted unti ...

* August Lidströmer (1839–1915), businessman * Gustaf Lidströmer (1871–1944), county councillor *

Sigrid Lidströmer Sigrid Lidströmer (1866–1942), granddaughter of the architect Fredrik August Lidströmer, was a Swedish author, polemicist and translator. She wrote articles in the Swedish literary magazine ''Idun (magazine), Idun,'' wrote and translated songs ...

(1866–1942), author * Louise Lidströmer (b. 1948), artist * Niklas Lidströmer (b. 1974), physician, researcher, author

Blazon

"''...A shield, in the upper part (a chief) of gold, displaying a blue symbol of Mars. In the lower part of the shield, which is blue, a silver bend runs diagonally from the top right to the bottom left corner, overlaid with a black cross. The open barred helmet is crowned with a wreath twisted of gold and blue, upon which rests a forward-facing owl with outstretched wings, in its natural colours. The mantling is gold on the outside and blue on the inside, as shown with its proper and true colors in this depiction of the arms.''"

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lidstromer Swedish noble families