Olof von Nackreij

1728-1783.

Judge Advocate General, County Governor.

Olof von Nackreij was born in Filipstad and became a student in Uppsala in 1743.

He was an advisor to the Göta Court of Appeal, governor of Halland and Kronoberg County, and became governor of Uppsala County in 1782. In 1778, Nackreij was elevated to the rank of baron and was one of the leaders of the Moderate Party.

Olof von Nackreij died unmarried at Uppsala Castle in 1783, thus concluding his baronial line. Nackreij had requested to be buried in the Poor Cemetery, as it was then called.

 

Burial site: 0112-0610A

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