Jacob Letterstedt

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Jacob Letterstedt
c.1875
Born
Jacob Lallerstedt

(1796-12-15)15 December 1796
Östergötland, Sweden
Died18 March 1862(1862-03-18) (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 honorary 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

  1. ↑ Franzén, Olle (1977–1979). "Jacob Letterstedt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 22. National Archives of Sweden. p. 586. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "History and water run deep through Cape Town's 200 year-old Newlands Brewery". WebWire. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Craft Beer in Cape Town". Newlands Springs Brewing Co. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Hofberg, Herman; Heurlin, Frithiof; Millqvist, Viktor; Rubenson, Olof (1906). "II:40 (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2020.