Jacob Tersmeden

Wohlgebogen Jacob Tersmeden (20 May 1712 – 9 February 1767) was a Swedish nobleman, ironmaster,[1] assessor[2] and member of the Riksdag of the Estates representing the House of Nobility, and brother of renowned diarist Carl Tersmeden.[3]

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Jacob Tersmeden
Born20 May 1712
Söderbärke, Dalarna, Sweden
Died9 February 1767(1767-02-09) (aged 54)
Hedemora, Dalarna, Sweden
Burial placeTersmedenska gravkortet, Söderbärke Church, Dalarna, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materUppsala University
Occupation(s)Ironmaster, member of parliament
Political partyHats
Spouse
Lona Lisa Söderhielm
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(m. 1743)​
Children
Parents
  • Jacob Tersmeden (father)
  • Elisabeth Gangia (mother)
FamilyTersmeden

Life

Early years

Jacob Tersmeden was born on 20 May 1712 in Larsbo, Söderbärke, Dalarna, the son of Jacob Tersmeden and Elisabeth Gangia.[4][5] He was brought up on his father's estate close to Söderbärke.[6]

Education

Tersmeden started to study at Uppsala University, aged eight, in 1720.[4] He was enrolled as a student at the Swedish Board of Mines, aged sixteen, to study mineralogy. Instead of continuing studying sciences, he started to shoulder administrative tasks at Larsbo bruk.[7]

Career

Tersmeden served as ironmaster to Ramnäs. After he had suddenly passed in 1767, his wife Magdalena Elisabeth Söderhielm, shouldered the role as ironmaster.[8]

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 World Heritage Site 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.

Death
Jacob Tersmeden's nameplate in the Söderbärke Church.

Tersmeden died on 9 February 1767, aged 54, in Hedemora. He was buried on 3 March in the Tersmeden grave near the altar at Söderbärke Church.[4]

References
  1. Jansson, Edvard Alfred (1951). En bok om Ramnäs bruk (in Swedish). Ramnäs bruks aktiebolag.
  2. Personhistorisk tidskrift (in Swedish). Personhistoriska Samfundet. 1954.
  3. Kjellberg, Sven T.; Svensson, S. Artur (1969). Slott och herresäten i Sverige: Södermanland 2. Löfsta-Öster Malma (in Swedish). Allhem.
  4. "Tersmeden nr 1940 - Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  5. Gabriel), Gabriel Anrep (i e Johan (1858). Svenska adelns ättar-taflor utgifna: Abrahamsson-Graufelt (in Swedish). P. A. Norstedt & Son̈er.
  6. Tersmedens genealogier (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. "Tersmeden - adliga bruksägare | Svensson" (in Swedish). 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  8. "Schenströmska Herrgårdens historia – från 1700-talet till idag". Schenströmska Herrgården (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-30.
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