Carl Reinhold Tersmeden

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Carl Reinhold Tersmeden
Born9 September 1828
Larsbo, Sweden
Died20 November 1855
(aged 66)
Medinge, Örebro County, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation
  • Politician
  • factory manager
  • landowner
  • military personnel
Spouse(s)
Gustava Charlotta Tersmeden
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(m. 1822)​
Children4
RelativesJakob Niklas Tersmeden (father)
Hedvig Wegelin (mother)

Carl Reinhold Tersmeden (9 February 1789 – 21 July 1855), was a Swedish Army ryttmästare and politician. Tersmeden was member of parliament representing the Swedish nobility at the assembly of the feudal estates of Sweden, he is in particular known for being the first chairperson of the first reform meeting in Örebro.[1]

Early life[]

Carl Reinhold Tersmeden was born at Larsbo, but grew up at the family estate 27 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Örebro, Sweden, and 190 kilometres (305 mi) west of Stockholm. He was the second of four children of ironmaster Jakob Niclas Tersmeden (1745–1822) and Hedvig Wegelin (1766–1842),[2] a daughter of Livonian-born Johan Wegelin.[3] The Tersmedens were a wealthy and prosperous family of Swedish nobility who traced their ancestry to Stade and Flensburg,[4] Holy Roman Empire in what is today part Germany.

Career[]

After having advanced as quartermaster at Life Regiment Hussars in 1807, he was commissioned as cornet in the same year and was three years later promoted to lieutenant there. In 1812, he advanced to ryttmästare and in the following year, Tersmeden was appointed head quartermaster of the regiment.[5] In 1822, Tersmeden was no longer active as military personnel.

Tersmeden was the manager of Larsbo and Saxe in Söderbärke parish, Kopparberg County, and served as deputy at Järnkontoret in 1842–1847[5] and at The Falun School of Mining and Metallurgy in 1844–1847.[6]

Tersmeden was member of parliament in 1828–1830,[7] as well as in 1840–1841 and 1844–1845,[8] serving the interests of the nobility in the assembly of the feudal estates of Sweden.

In 1849, he became the first chairperson at the first the reform meeting in Örebro[9] (Swedish: Reformmötena i Örebro), a number of gatherings where the attendees were in favor of a new state administration, including a suffrage reform, as well as abolition of the assembly of feudal estates of Sweden.[10][11] Tersmeden was noted for his great public persona, and for his aim as to abolish the former feudal state administration order.[1]

Personal life[]

Tersmeden had an interest in history as well as botany, and was accordingly studying the Scandinavian flora. He was also known to be a heavy subscriber to newsletters and journals from around the world. In 1825, the cost of his subscriptions amounted to 41 Swedish riksdaler. He had especially a vivid interest in Italy and its archaeological history.[12]

In the 1820s, Tersmeden built Medinge Manor.[13] The manor house was then inherited by his firstborn son Wilhelm Reinhold Tersmeden.[14]

Relationships[]

On 21 February 1822 at Österrasta, Fellingsbro parish,[5] Tersmeden married his first cousin Gustava Charlotta Tersmeden (1802–1883),[15] a daughter of Lars Gustaf Tersmeden and Hedvig Elisabeth Schön,[16] thus a great-granddaughter of Turkish-born etcher and printmaker Elisabeth Palm. They had four children, two of whom survived childhood.[17] It was only their daughter, Hedvig Charlotta Tersmeden, that brought them grandchildren, she did so marrying into the von Düben family, a baronial family with courtier ties.

Death[]

Tersmeden died on 21 July 1855, aged 66, at Medinge.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Notabelt dödsfall". Östersundsposten. 1855-07-30.
  2. ^ Meding-Pedersen 1987, p. 46.
  3. ^ "Wegelin – Biografiska anteckningar". www.mattiasloman.se. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  4. ^ Ludwig, Tina. "Stadtgeschichte: Auf den Spuren einer alten Flensburger Familie | shz.de". shz (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c d "Tersmeden nr 1940 – Adelsvapen-Wiki". www.adelsvapen.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  6. ^ "Svenskt Porträttarkiv". portrattarkiv.se. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  7. ^ Starbäck, Carl Georg (1886). Berättelser ur svenska historien (in Swedish). F. & G. Beijers Förlag.
  8. ^ "Riksdagen". Tidning för Södermanland. 1845-01-14.
  9. ^ "Dödsannons". Helsingborgsposten. 1855.
  10. ^ Hellberg, Johan Carl (1871). Ur minnet och dagboken om mina samtida: personer och händelser efter 1815 inom och utom fäderneslandet (in Swedish). I. Haeggströms boktr.
  11. ^ "Politiker". Min hemsida. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  12. ^ Meding-Pedersen 1987, p. 58.
  13. ^ Meding-Pedersen 1987, p. 39.
  14. ^ Sveriges ridderskaps- och adels-kalender: 1865 (in Swedish). Bonnier. 1864.
  15. ^ Meding-Pedersen 1987, p. 43.
  16. ^ Anrep, Gabriel. "357 (Svenska adelns ättar-taflor / Afdelning 4. Skytte af Duderhoff – Östner, jemte tillägg, rättelser och slutord)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  17. ^ Meding-Pedersen 1987, p. 48.

Bibliography and further reading[]

  • Meding-Pedersen, Kerstin (1987). Herrgårdar och torp vid Väringen. Örebro. ISBN 91-7810-946-9.


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