Camitz family
{{short description|Swedish family}}
The Camitz family is a Swedish family, founded as an Austrian Silesian noble family,{{Cite web |last=Strokirk |first=Oscar Fredrik |title=92 (Kultur- och personhistoriska anteckningar / Första delen) |url=https://runeberg.org/strokirk/1/0096.html |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=runeberg.org |language=sv}} important to the industrial history of the broader Karlskoga–Degerfors-area. Where they managed ironworks.
History
A member of the Camitz family, ironmaster Georg Camitz, established the Degerfors Works in the 17th century,{{Cite web |title=Georg Camitz |url=https://www.hembygd.se/degerfors-hembygdsf-rening/plats/239347/picture/about:blank |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=www.hembygd.se |language=sv}}{{cite book |last=von Strussenfelt |first=Gunhild |url=http://www3.karlskoga.se/kulturhistoria/Artiklar/Strussenfelt.pdf |title=Degernäs : en lantegendom med 1600-talsanor |publisher= |year=1937 |isbn= |location= |page=6 |language=sv-SE}}{{Cite book |last=DAHL |first=Magnus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPFUCID283UC&dq=georg+camitz&pg=PA27 |title=Beskrifning öfwer Carls-skoga sochn och därtil hörande Bergslag i Wermeland, etc |date=1779 |publisher=Tryckt hos Joh. Lindh |language=sv}} and managed both the Bofors and the Björkborn Works. In addition, he served as the mayor of Kristinehamn. Other members include Johan Camitz the Younger, who in the 18th century served as the first ironmaster to the Degernäs Works.{{Cite web |last=Strokirk |first=Oscar Fredrik |title=58 (Kultur- och personhistoriska anteckningar / Tredje delen) |url=https://runeberg.org/strokirk/3/0068.html |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=runeberg.org |language=sv |via=Project Runeberg}}
Connected families include the Strokirk family whose members married into the Camitz family. They operated the works for 200 years, establishing themselves as an industrial dynasty that held great significance in the history of Degerfors.