Jonas Apelblad

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Jonas Apelblad (* 1717 in Vadstena ; † February 17, 1786 in Åkerby ) was a Swedish travel writer.

Life

Jonas Apelblad received his doctorate in philosophy in Uppsala in 1749 and worked as a lecturer. He traveled through Germany and published the Resebeskrifning öfver Pommern och Brandenburg in 1757 and Resebeskrifning öfver Sachsen in 1759 .

In 1762 Apelblad became an advisor to Prince Karl, later Karl XIII. of Sweden . In 1766 he was raised to the nobility as af Apelblad .

Apelblad was married to Anna Elisabeth Martineau.

literature

  • Jonas Apelblad . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 41 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).