Olof von Nackreij

1728–1783.

Judge of the Court of Appeal, governor.

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

He was a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Göta court of appeal, county governor of Halland, Kronoberg County and became governor of Uppsala County in 1782. In 1778 Nackreij was elevated to Baron and was among the leaders in the Caps, a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden.

The beginning of the Baron letter from 1778. Photo: UUB.

The heraldry image from the Baron letter. Photo: UUB.

Olof von Nackreij died unmarried at Uppsala Castle in 1783 and thus ended his baronial lineage. Nackreij had asked to be buried in the Poor Cemetery as it was called at the time.

 

Burial site: 0112-0610A

Image description: Olof von Nackreij's heraldry image from the Baron letter from 1778. Photo: UUB. [The image is cropped]
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