Eric Ruuth
{{Short description|Swedish nobleman}}
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Eric Ruuth (24 October 1746 – 25 May 1820) was a Swedish nobleman and the owner of Marsvinsholm Castle. He served as the Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania from 1792 to 1796. With his coal mine he started the company that would eventually become Höganäs AB.
Biography
He was born on 24 October 1746 to Gustaf Ruuth of Finland (1697–1757) and Baroness Ebba Christina Siöbladh. She was the daughter of Baron Carl Georg Siöblad, Lord of Marsvinsholm and Countess Beata Elisabeth Stenbock.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
From 1782 to 1786 he made extensive renovations at Marsvinsholm Castle.{{cite web |url=http://www.slottsguiden.info/slottdetalj.asp?id=75 |title=Marsvinsholm |access-date=2011-01-27 |quote=Greve Erik Ruuth, lät under perioden 1782-1786 utföra en genomgripande reparation som kom att förändra slottets utseende radikalt. Ruuth lät då ta ned de branta taken och tog bort gavlarna samt tornens spiror. Istället lades ett lågt tak över hela byggnaden. Gravarna framför slottet fylldes igen och planades ut till en förgård som flankerades av envåningsflyglar. Ruut var mycket intresserad av allt som kunde underlätta i jordbruksarbetet och han sägs vara den som inrättade det första tröskverket i Skåne. |language=sv }}
In 1786 he invited a Swiss cheesemaker to Marsvinsholm Castle. A few years later, Swiss style cheese were being produced in Sweden.{{cite book |author=Steve Ehlers and Jeanette Hurt |title=The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cheeses of the World |year= 2008|quote=In 1786, Erik Ruuth, a Swedish count, invited a Swiss cheesemaker to visit his manor in Marsvinsholm. A few years later, Swiss styles of cheese began ... | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjW9adVFS2kC&pg=PA104 |isbn= 9781592577149}} He served as the Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania from 1792 to 1796. He was made a Swedish count in 1792. He died on 25 May 1820.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
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Category:Businesspeople from Stockholm
Category:Governors-general of Sweden
Category:19th-century Swedish businesspeople
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