Jacob Letterstedt (December 15, 1796 – March 18, 1862), born Lallerstedt in Östergötland, was a Swedish businessman who settled in the Cape Colony (part of present-day South Africa). 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.[1][2] In 1839 he was appointed acting Consul of Sweden-Norway, in 1841 ordinary Consul and in 1857 Consul General.
Jacob Letterstedt | |
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 c.1875 | |
| Born | Jacob Lallerstedt December 15, 1796 |
| Died | March 18, 1862 (aged 65) |
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.[3]
References
edit- ^ "History and water run deep through Cape Town's 200 year-old Newlands Brewery". WebWire. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ "Craft Beer in Cape Town". Newlands Springs Brewing Co. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- ^ Hofberg, Herman; Heurlin, Frithiof; Millqvist, Viktor; Rubenson, Olof (1906). "II:40 (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
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