Jacob Letterstedt

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 1841 he was appointed Consul of Sweden-Norway.

Jacob Letterstedt
c.1875
Born
Jacob Lallerstedt

(1796-12-15)December 15, 1796
Östergötland, Sweden
DiedMarch 18, 1862(1862-03-18) (aged 65)
Paris, France

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
  1. "History and water run deep through Cape Town's 200 year-old Newlands Brewery". WebWire. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  2. "Craft Beer in Cape Town". Newlands Springs Brewing Co. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
  3. Hofberg, Herman; Heurlin, Frithiof; Millqvist, Viktor; Rubenson, Olof (1906). "II:40 (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.