Eric Ruuth (24 October 1746 – 25 May 1820) was a Swedish nobleman and the owner of
Marsvinsholm Castle. He served as the
Governor-General
Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...
of
Swedish Pomerania
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from 1792 to 1796. With his coal mine he started the company that would eventually become
Höganäs AB.
Biography
He was born on 24 October 1746 to Gustaf Ruuth of Finland (1697–1757) and Baroness Ebba Christina Siöbladh. She was the daughter of Baron
Carl Georg Siöblad
Carl Georg Siöblad (2 November 1683 – 1 September 1754) was a Swedish naval officer who served as List of governors of Malmöhus County, Governor of Malmöhus County and Blekinge County
Biography
In 1734, he was appointed governor of Blekinge ...
, Lord of
Marsvinsholm and Countess
Beata Elisabeth Stenbock.
From 1782 to 1786 he made extensive renovations at
Marsvinsholm Castle.
In 1786 he invited a Swiss cheesemaker to
Marsvinsholm Castle. A few years later,
Swiss style cheese were being produced in Sweden.
He served as the
Governor-General
Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, ...
of
Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania (; ) was a dominions of Sweden, dominion under the Sweden, Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish-Swedish War, Polish War and the Thirty Years' War ...
from 1792 to 1796. He was made a Swedish count in 1792. He died on 25 May 1820.
See also
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Hunnestad Monument
References
External links
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1746 births
1820 deaths
Businesspeople from Stockholm
Swedish nobility
Governors-general of Sweden
Gustavian era people
19th-century Swedish businesspeople
18th-century Swedish businesspeople
Knights of the Order of Charles XIII
Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences