Strokirk Strokirch, von Strokirch, Strokerken | |
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Swedish and Baltic noble family | |
Country | Sweden |
Founded | 1684; 1686; 1691 |
Estate(s) |
Aumeisteri Manor Degernäs Manor Ölsboda Manor |
The Strokirk family, also known as von Strokirch, is a Baltic German and Swedish noble family of German origin. [1] Different branches of the family were elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden and Livonian Knighthood.
In 1620, Evert Strokirch moved from Lübeck in Germany to Filipstad, Sweden. [2] The family acquired both manors and estates in Sweden and Livonia (present-day Latvia and Estonia).
Members of the Strokirk family were in the 18th century living in the broader Karlskoga– Degerfors-area, where they managed ironworks, in the present-day corresponding municipalities of Degerfors and Karlskoga. Including the properties of the Lidetorp and Ölsboda Works. [3] [4]
Strokirk Strokirch, von Strokirch, Strokerken | |
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Swedish and Baltic noble family | |
Country | Sweden |
Founded | 1684; 1686; 1691 |
Estate(s) |
Aumeisteri Manor Degernäs Manor Ölsboda Manor |
The Strokirk family, also known as von Strokirch, is a Baltic German and Swedish noble family of German origin. [1] Different branches of the family were elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden and Livonian Knighthood.
In 1620, Evert Strokirch moved from Lübeck in Germany to Filipstad, Sweden. [2] The family acquired both manors and estates in Sweden and Livonia (present-day Latvia and Estonia).
Members of the Strokirk family were in the 18th century living in the broader Karlskoga– Degerfors-area, where they managed ironworks, in the present-day corresponding municipalities of Degerfors and Karlskoga. Including the properties of the Lidetorp and Ölsboda Works. [3] [4]