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Af Darelli was a Swedish noble family ennobled (1770) through the physician and assessor Johan Anders Darelius (1718-1780). [1]
Svinhufvud is a family of ancient Swedish nobility originating from Dalarna. The family is incorporated both at the Swedish House of Nobility and the Finnish House of Nobility.
Bengt Edvard Sixten "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik was a Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a murder-suicide. Their story has been subject to several theatrical and cinematic productions, such as that Elvira Madigan of Bo Widerberg in 1967 and a Danish film.
Horn is a Swedish noble family from Finland, known since the 14th century.
Elsa Olava Kristina Eschelsson was the first woman to finish a Doctor of Laws degree and the first to attain the academic position of docent at a Swedish university, but was denied the right to even serve as acting professor because of her sex. She died in 1911 from an overdose of sleeping-powder.
Gustav Adolf Skytte af Duderhof was a Swedish nobleman. He became a pirate and plundered ships in the Baltic Sea in the years 1657 to 1662.
Bielke is the name of an ancient and powerful Swedish noble family, originally from Småland.
Roos af Hjelmsäter is a Swedish noble family of Norwegian noble and royal origin. It is among the few of Norway's medieval noble families still living.
Hanna Albertina Rydh was a Swedish archaeologist and politician for the Liberal People's Party. She served as a Member of Parliament in the Riksdag from 1943 to 1944 and was the 3rd President of the International Alliance of Women from 1946 to 1952.
Christina Anna Skytte was a Swedish baroness and pirate.
Gunnila Grubb was a Swedish writer. She wrote spiritual songs inspired by Pietism and Mysticism.
Baron Klas Kristersson Horn was a Finnish born, Swedish nobleman and Naval Admiral who fought for Sweden in the Northern Seven Years' War of 1563–1570.
Events from the year 1694 in Sweden
Master-General of the Ordnance was in Sweden a chief officer of the Krigskollegium from 1682 to 1865, then until 1968 in the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration.
The history of Walloon immigration to Sweden begins with industrialists Guillaume de Bèche and Louis De Geer (1587–1652), known as "the father of the Swedish steel industry". Five to ten thousand Walloons emigrated to Sweden, mainly working in the steel industry. During the 1920s, trade unions presented them to Swedish workers as mythical models.
Baron Henrik Viktor Knut von Düben von Düben was a Swedish peer, politician, lieutenant, estate owner, second great-grandson of organist and composer Gustaf Düben.
Alkvettern Manor is a manor house at lake Alkvettern in Bjurtjärn, Storfors Municipality, Värmland County. It is located near Kyrksten, southeast of Storfors and 13 km northwest of Karlskoga. The manor has served as residence for members of several notable Swedish families, for instance the af Geijerstam, Mitander and Linroth families.
Johan Cedercrantz was a Swedish nobleman and official.
The De Geer family is a prominent industrial family of Walloon origin that belongs to the Swedish and Dutch nobility.
Johan Eberhard Geijer was a Swedish ironmaster.