Adelswärd is a Swedish baronial family, descended from the Hultman line of the extinct noble family Adelswärd. The titular governor Johan Adelswärd (1718–1785) was created a Swedish

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11 December 1770 at

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Gustavus III of Sweden, and was introduced 12 December 1771 at the House of Nobility as baronial family number 249, thus making the noble family Adelswärd extinct. The aforementioned Johan Adelswärd founded the

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Adelsnäs, which constitutes the Barony Adelswärd, the only one of its kind in

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. The family has members in Sweden, Canada and the United States, and one of its members, Baron Eric Reinhold Adelswärd (1778–1840), was created a Swedish

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in 1823, thus founding the comital family Adelswärd.Riddarhusdirektionen: "Sveriges ridderskap och adels kalender 2007", page 15. Fälth & Hässler, 2006.

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