Cav. Capt. Anders Svenske, till Östbro

• Anders Svenske, till Östbro, Mellbyn och Ölserud samt Tolerud och Kyrkbyn.
• Lived in 1671-02-04, but was dead on September 07, 1671 in Mellbyn, Bro, Säffle, Värmland County, Sweden

Married

Married: Estrid Hård, dotter av häradshövdingen Claes Knutsson (Hård af Torestorp) och hans 1:a fru Margareta Bengtsdotter (Lilliestielke). Anders Svenske (son of Lennart Svenske, to Östbro, Mellbyn and Ölserud as well as Tolerud and Kyrkbyn. Cavalry captain. Lived 1671-02-04, but was dead on 7/9. Married to Estrid Hård , daughter of the district chief Claes Knutsson ( Hård af Torestorp no. 60 ) and his 1st wife Margareta Bengtsdotter ( Lilliestielke no. 120 ).

Children:

• Margaret. Married Colonel Alexander Thomson , No. 299.
• Catharina, died before 1685. Married 1st to the equestrian master Hans Månsson Svenske. Married 2nd 1680 to regimental quartermaster Peter Rolander, knighted Myrtengren no. 1014 .
• Christina, born 1634, died 1706. Married before 1666 to the equestrian master Gustaf Polman, knighted Påhlman no. 501 .
• NN. Married to knight house secretary Samuel Kempe, ennobled Kempensköld no. 395 , in his 2nd marriage.

112. Ekebol 2:13 Ekebol Säteri

Timbered residential building on two floors, located in Ekebol near Baldersnäs (see map 6). In addition to the residential building, the property also has outbuildings, warehouses and a carport.

The farm was mentioned in writing as early as 1540. It was bought by Anders Linnarsson Svenske in 1640, and then became a salvation home. During the 19th century, the farm was under the Baldersnäs manor, which was then owned, among other things, by mill patron Carl Fredrik Uggla. The main building was used for a period as workers' housing for Uggla's employees. The farm was bought free in 1911 from Baldersnäs. Parts of the residential building, which today appear to have the plan form of the semi-detached house, reportedly date from the end of the 17th century. In recent years, the building has been fitted with new windows and doors. The veranda and the extension at the back are also of more recent date. The magazine has exposed timber walls and is said to date from the 1800s. It was moved to the farm in 1975.

The apartment building still has an older basic form, and among other things the external junction boxes bear witness to the building's age. The fact that the building can originate from the 17th century in its oldest parts means that the building's historical value is high. The cultural-historical value is justified by the age and character of the main building, which is generally well preserved. The magazine also contributes to the farm's cultural and historical values. In order for the cultural-historical value to be maintained, it is essential that, among other things, the following are preserved: the shape and proportions of the main building, stone foundation, facade in standing cover panels painted in red mud color, older doors, windows and junction boxes. The magazine and its timber frame as well as older doors and windows.

The Downfall of a Strange Man, By Hans Kihlström

"He was one of the strangest men who ever lived in the landscape" wrote the Värmland painter Erik Fernow in 1775 about Anders Lennartsson Svenske. And continued: "his main character was indeed that of the master of the horse, but he was also entrusted by the mountain collegium to be an inspector of the mountain law; moreover, he must have sat in the lawman's city and when the priest had died in a city surrounded by the enemy, he carried out his work". Strange or not, his life became a sad story.

He grew up with his mother and four sisters on the estates Mällbyn in Bro and Säter in Eskilsäter. The father, Lennart Pedersson Svenske, died in 1618, when Anders was only five or six years old. His mother, Elin Jakobsdotter, owned 17 homesteads in addition to the estates at the time of her husband's death. And there was more through inheritance from aunt Margareta. She also expanded her domains through her own acquisitions. And Anders initially followed in her footsteps.

The thirty-year war

But first he began a short-lived military career. In 1633 he was appointed an ensign in the Närke-Wärmland regiment. The following year, the regiment was shipped over to Elbing in East Prussia, where it remained until the beginning of January 1636. From there it was regrouped to Pomerania and arrived at Greifswald during February. Anders had then been promoted to lieutenant. During the regiment's continued march south to join Johan Banér's army, he grew tired. He no longer wished to continue his service, wrote regimental commander Thomas Thomson. On 29 August he returns home again. And soon a new career begins.

Bergskollegium

In 1640 he was commissioned by the Bergskollegium to inspect some ore deposits. It soon expanded to also prospecting for ore and inspecting new mills. He apparently managed this to his satisfaction because from January 1641 he received a salary for his assignment and in 1642 was appointed inspector of the new mines except for the quarries in Värmland, Vadsbo and at Dal. The money he earned he could use for the so-called salvation purchase of tax and crown homes (he bought the right to tax). Already in 1640 he bought 9 homesteads in Värmland and 3 in Dalsland. His mother made a last effort to expand her domains by buying 6 homesteads in Värmland and 2 in Dalsland in 1642. When Anders in 1643 submitted his "Rusttjänstläng on my estates which are located in Wärmland, on Dal and in Wästergötland as well as my mother's dear estate which 5 siblings are unexchanged between"it included the manors Östbro and Mellbyn together with 20 homesteads in Värmland, the Dingelvik manor estate with 20 homesteads on Dal and 7 homesteads in Västergötland. Anders inherited all estates in Värmland and 5 in Dalsland. He continued the salvation purchases in 1644, 1649 and 1650 with a total of 15 homesteaders in Värmland and 6 in Dalsland.

The Hannibal Feud

But in 1644 it had been time to put on the uniform again. The Danish commander Hannibal Sehestedt attacked in April across the Norwegian border. Morast redoubt had been erected there and was defended by a few hundred peasants under the command of the master horseman Ivar Bagge. Bagge also became company commander of one of the two companies that made up the "Wärmeland rider squadron". Anders was called up to serve as a lieutenant in Bagge's company. The feud continued until the peace in the Danish-Swedish war was concluded on 13 August 1645 in Brömsebro. Anders remained in service until June 3, 1646. Then he requested his resignation due to a "paralysis" which meant that he could no longer hold office.

Despite the well-filled report Anders submitted to the Bergskollegium in October of the same year, the college was not satisfied with his efforts. His salary was withheld in 1647 and 1648 as well. In 1649 the college wrote that he had not shown much diligence, but when he could show such he would receive his salary. He got it pretty soon. And continued his service.

The Crab Feud

A new declaration of war from Denmark came in 1657. In Värmland, Governor Gustaf Soop recruited new cavalry units. He got two companies together. The one under Anders Lennartsson Svenske, who had been entrusted by the Bergskollegium to "assume the post of master of the horse and lead the laborers and the priest riders".

He only got 19 men together and he paid for their equipment himself. In order to make it financially, he confiscated certain fees (genants) from the mill owners. In a letter to Bergskollegium, he explains that he has to do so because he was not paid.

The peace of Roskilde in February 1658 put a temporary end to the hostilities... But the peace did not last long. The Värmland horsemen are grouped on guard at Eda. In the summer of 1659, the Danes crossed the border and looted some farms. Anders went there together with the commander on the Western Front, Major General Harald Stake. He still managed an inspection trip to Dalsland in his regular duty. However, he neglected a session in Bergskollegium. He wrote to the president of the Bergskollium, Erik Fleming, apologizing that it was a long and difficult journey and he was now very ill. But at least he had accomplished something good - three ore deposits in Dalsland were to be reported.

In the new year 1660, he writes again to Fleming and informs that the mills in Värmland are doing well. He is about to travel to the Norwegian border with Governor Soop. There, preparations were underway for an attack into Norway. The Norwegians prevented the attack with an unsuccessful attack of their own against Eda. Then the war was over.

Anders leaves the post of horsemaster and resumes the post of inspector, but then all the millers do not want to obey the orders he gives on behalf of the Bergskollegium. He therefore requests a new power of attorney.

In his last? report in June 1662, he announces that the hammer in Älvsbacka burned. He also wants help to collect the rest of his salary because he was in so much debt because of the uniforms he equipped his riders with.

His service ended in 1664. The White Word says that there was nothing but good to say about him as a person. However, his residence had been a little too far from his places of business so he had not always been where he should have been. There had also been a need for a mountain bailiff who could answer for expenses and income according to the college's regulations. Such would not have been compatible with Anders' noble position.

The loan carousel

The financial difficulties that followed the equipment of the "mountain - and priest riders" in 1657 led him to start selling or mortgaging his estates and farms. He sold his three salvage homes in Hammarö to Mattias Pleningsköld and Boon in Ed to David Stuart. Gothenburg merchants David Mattsson and Johan Ellers came to Karlstad in July to conclude a loan agreement with Anders. Mattson lent 300 riksdaler with the Skiola skattehemman as collateral and Ellers received a mortgage deed on the rescue home Tolerud and Kyrkebyn in S Ny for a loan of 450 riksdaler. He mortgaged Sätesgården Östbro with his relative Gustaf Börgesson in Karlstad for two loans totaling 597 riksdaler. The Mellbyn manor was previously mortgaged to Robert Mofatt.

The repayment of the loans became a problem. One solution was to marry off the daughters and donate their manors to the sons-in-law, which he did on 11 February 1664. Östbro was divided between Catharina's husband Hans Månsson Svenske and Christina's husband Gustaf Pålman. Margareta's husband Alexander Thomson got Mellbyn. Anders himself settled in Tolerud.

Alexander Thomson's wealthy brother-in-law, the Gothenburg merchant Hans Makeler, redeemed David Mattsson's claim in 1664 and took over Johan Eller's claim. That debt had grown to 545 riksdaler when Makeler's heirs tried to collect it in 1669. There was also a postponement in 1670 and 1671, when Anders had recently died. Hans Belfrage from Vänersborg took over this claim in 1672.

The loan at Östbro was redeemed on 20 November 1666, although not everything was paid. Gustaf Börgesson then writes to Gustaf Pålman that for the sake of good friendship and kinship he frees him and Hans Svenske from the rest of the debt.

Anders took many more loans - both from small people and wealthy people. The biggest debtor was Claes Uggla at Averstad. In 1663, the debt to him is up to 1,400 riksdaler with eleven householders as collateral. In 1668, Anders and his gulls borrow 1,400 riksdaler from the previously mentioned Hans Belfrage to pay Uggla. In 1672 the seagulls then settled with Belfrage. Makeler's old claim was settled so that Belfrage bought Kyrkobyn and Tolerud was transported back to Ander's sterbhus for a payment of 100 riksdaler. The seagulls also decided to jointly redeem as much as possible of the rest. They paid 687 dalers per man for each of seven farms – all in Näs hrad.

Göstakrog

In a donation letter in 1651 from Queen Christina, it is stated that she donated Anders' two crown homes in Valbo, Dalsland, and Gösta skattehemman in Huggenäs, Näs county, for diligent and faithful service as inspector of the mines in Värmland. But the tax farmer still has his right of way. The gift letter from Queen Kristina

On the Gösta homestead there was a Göstakrog established and Anders was given the task of maintaining this if the farmer was unwilling or unable to do so. If that did not happen, he would have forfeited his ownership of the farm.

One of those who had a right of way in the farm was the sheriff Erik Andersson Spike. In 1663, a settlement was concluded between Spike's heir Olof and Nils Erikson Sparf, which led to 1/3 of Gösta coming to belong to Olof Sparf. Then he began maneuvering to be granted ownership of Göstakrog. Before the end of 1664, he had succeeded in obtaining royal letter that he was the rightful owner.

This worried Anders, who wrote to the reduction board to point out that he had kept his commitments and to complain about the false accusations that Sparf had made against him. But the district court in Näs district states on March 12, 1667 that since Jösta krog was built it had been improved by the sheriff's heirs and no one else had contributed the slightest.

Later that year, the reduction board declares that the tax home Gösta was an inalienable restaurant home and decides to withdraw it to the king. May. and the crown.

But Anders does not give up. He seeks support from the inhabitants of Gösta, from commoners in Huggenäs and from a group of nobles. In summary, they said that the pub was well kept. The property certificate that Anders then requested for the tax home Gösta and the tavern was, however, a disappointment, and on 12 November 1668 the king announced May. that he has graciously granted and all future grants to the regimental quartermaster Olof Sparf the interest of the homestead concerned.

Anders continued his hopeless struggle. He obtains a certificate from the district of Nordmark about their participation in Göstakrog's construction. When he requests a new land certificate from the Näs district, they only refer to the land certificate from 1667.

In his desperate situation, he writes to the king on February 20, 1671. Royal majt's poor old servant complains that the tavern was donated to regkvm Olof Sparf and that Sparf then received a donation on the homestead because he had maintained and improved the tavern, when on the contrary it is his co-heirs who improved it insignificantly. In addition, the homesteads in Dalsland have also been reduced to the crown "so that I, a poor man, have now gotten rid of the only thing that has been donated to me for my long and faithful service". He was now in his frail old age subjected to great want and poverty. He had used his inherited funds for many outfits in the service of the crown and for 40 years he had endured great tribulations through which he had been paralyzed. He begged the king. May. to most graciously deal with his complaint.

Three months later Anders dies. He is then on Mälaren outside Strängnäs on his way home from Stockholm. He might have been there to personally follow up on the letter. The heirs took his body to Östbro and he was buried in Bro church, where his epitaph now hangs. Daughter Margareta paid for the sweeping, while the other heirs paid for the funeral itself. There was no real or movable property after Anders. Everything was owed or sold and he had nothing to claim. The epitaph in Bro church

Long before his death he had been supported by his gulls and they had let him sit on the Tolerud manor. Already at the time of Christina's wedding in the early 1660s, the coffers were empty. She had been allowed to borrow both wedding clothes and spare sheets from Mrs. Elsa Roos at Rocksta. And she had received no dowry. Which also affected her sisters. Shortly before Anders died, foreclosures were made on the property, one by the commanding officer Jon Larsson Ekman, one by the county fiscal at Dal for the remaining tithe, but the third had to be canceled because the estate was empty.

Links

• https://www.bengtsfors.se/download/18.5adfa3a81749ba615e01388/16004...

Sources

• J. Mankell : Data concerning the composition and distribution of the Swedish military force, Erik Fernow : Description of Wermeland, Börje Furtenbach : Eda redoubts, SVAR : Salvation and military service lengths 1560-1650, Rolls 1620–1732, Domböcker Näs härad (1640–1709), Jordeböcker, Värmland (1630-1654), Örebro län (1657–1680), Älvsborgs län ditto, National Archives : Documents from the Bergskollegium main archive, Reduktionskollegium 1655–1687, Reduktionskontor, Execution Commission 1685-1703, Kammarkollegium Liquidation files.