Linroth family
{{short description|Swedish noble family}}
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Gustavsvik Manor}}
The Linroth family, also known as Linderoth family, was a Swedish noble family,{{Cite web |title=Linroth, släkt |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/mobil/Artikel/10751 |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=sok.riksarkivet.se}} that rose to prominence with Elias Linroth. The family was elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden. Its grants of arms is preserved at the House of Nobility, following its dissolution.{{Cite news |title=Sist i ätten – Då får sköldebrevet ny adress |language=sv |work=Arte et Marte |url=https://www.riddarhuset.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Arteetmarte_2021_1.pdf}}
Overview
File:Klas Mauritz Linroth AMA.0007897.jpg
The earliest known member of the Linroth family, Laurentius Theodori, served as a vicar. His son, ironmaster Elias, took the name Linroth. The Linroth family established itself as a family managing ironworks in the historical province of Värmland during the 17th and 18th centuries.{{Cite web |title=Filipstads Bergslag |url=http://www.filipstadsbergslag.com/ovrigt/brukstur.html |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=www.filipstadsbergslag.com}}
Elias Linrot acquired the Alkvettern and Lanfors Ironworks', and in 1691, his children were ennobled, following a request by the latter's sons.{{Cite web |date=4 September 2010 |title=Bofors och Björkborn – ägare och ledningar på 1600-talet |url=http://www.mittnerike.se/bergslager/Bofors_och_Bjorkborn.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904111249/http://www.mittnerike.se/bergslager/Bofors_och_Bjorkborn.pdf |archive-date=2010-09-04 |access-date=17 October 2022 |website= |language=sv |via=Wayback Machine |quote=}}
Members of the Linroth family were in the 17th century living in Värmland, where they managed ironworks in Bjurtjärn and Lungsund sockens, in present-day Storfors Municipality. A Linroth-coat of arms is preserved at the Bjurtjärn Church, and the current municipal coat of arms of Storfors was influenced by its design.{{Cite web |title=Begravningsvapen i Bjurtjärns kyrka |url=https://wermlandsheraldik.se/kyrkliga/bjurtjarn_k.htm |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=wermlandsheraldik.se |publisher=Wermlandsheraldik |language=sv}} The family has also donated various items to the church,{{Cite web |title=Om Karlskoga bergslag |url=http://www3.karlskoga.se/kulturhistoria/kjellin/kjellin6.htm |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=www3.karlskoga.se |language=sv}} where the Linroth-burial vault was built in the 1730s.{{Cite web |title=Bjurtjärns kyrka |url=https://visitvarmland.com/storfors/kultur-historia/kyrka/platser-48/bjurtjarns-kyrka |access-date=17 October 2022 |website=Storfors – Visit Värmland |language=sv}}
See also
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References
External links
- [https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Linroth_nr_1222 Linroth family at adelsvapen.se]