Jacob Letterstedt
Jacob Letterstedt | |
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 c.1875 | |
| Born | Jacob Lallerstedt 15 December 1796 Östergötland, Sweden |
| Died | 18 March 1862 (aged 65) Paris, France |
Jacob Letterstedt (born Lallerstedt; 15 December 1796 – 18 March 1862) was a Swedish businessman who settled in the Cape Colony (part of present-day South Africa).
Lallerstedt was born in the parish of Vallerstad (present Mjölby Municipality) in Östergötland County.[1] He arrived at Cape Town in 1820, where he made his fortune in the grain trade. Later he founded the company that became South African Breweries.[2][3] In 1839 he was appointed acting Consul of Sweden-Norway, in 1841 ordinary Consul and in 1857 Consul General.
Letterstedt donated money to several prizes and to the Letterstedt Association, which promotes Nordic cooperation. In 1860, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The same year he returned to Europe and was living in Paris at the time of his death.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jacob Letterstedt - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon".
- ^ "History and water run deep through Cape Town's 200 year-old Newlands Brewery". WebWire. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Craft Beer in Cape Town". Newlands Springs Brewing Co. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ Hofberg, Herman; Heurlin, Frithiof; Millqvist, Viktor; Rubenson, Olof (1906). "II:40 (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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