Jeppe Strokirk (16 June 1789 – 16 February 1856) was a

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Life and work

Jeppe Strokirk was born in

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on June 16, 1789. His parents were

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and Anna Christina Strokirk (née Camitz). Strokirk inherited the Ölsboda Works. In 1828, he erected the

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, currently the only listed building in

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. In 1812, Elias Strokirk married Hedvig Magdalena Broms.

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Jeppe Strokirk
at the

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1789 births 1856 deaths Swedish landowners Swedish ironmasters Swedish nobility Jeppe Swedish people of German descent People from Degerfors Municipality 19th-century Swedish businesspeople Burials at Nysund Cemetery {{Sweden-bio-stub