Bror Cederström

Bror Cederström
Bror Cederström
	Cederström in older age. Woodcut by Ida Falander.
Minister of War
	In office; 16 May 1840 – 7 December 1840
Preceded by	First holder
Succeeded by	Axel Otto Mörner
Personal details
Born	Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström; 21 September 1780; Fornsigtuna, Sweden
Died	21 December 1877 (aged 97); Jönköping, Sweden
Political party	Nonpolitical
Occupation	Military officer
Military service
Branch/service	Swedish Army
Years of service	1792–1840
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Cederströmska husarregementet; Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment
Battles/wars	War of the Fourth Coalition Great Sortie of Stralsund; ; War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Großbeeren; Battle of Dennewitz; Battle of Leipzig; Capture of Lübeck; Battle of Bornhöved; ; Finnish War;

Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström (21 September 1780^[2] – 21 December 1877^[2]) was a Swedish baron and lieutenant general and Minister of War.

Biography

Cederström was born at Fornsigtuna, Sweden and was the only child of lieutenant general and later president of the War College, baron Bror Cederström (1754-1816) and his first wife Catharina Maria Voltemat.^[3] The father remarried in 1800 to the author Christina Mörner.^[4]

From 1816 to 1822, he headed the Cederströmian Hussar Regiment (Cederströmska husarregementet, previously named the Mörnerian Hussar Regiment, Mörnerska husarregementet, after the previous commander, Hampus Mörner, and later renamed the Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment, when Crown Prince Oscar became its commander) in Scania.^[5] During this time, he purchased the Säbyholm's lands outside Landskrona, where he actively worked to find new agricultural methods and established the first Swedish company for manufacturing beet sugar (though he had to sell these lands off and retire to Landskrona when he unexpectedly went bankrupt in 1848). In parallel with his business life he continued a military career, becoming supreme commander of Scania in 1819, then minister for war in 1840. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, the Order of the Seraphim and the Grand Cross of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav.