Newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician
Lars Johan Hierta
Lars Johan Hierta
Born
(1801-01-22)22 January 1801
Uppsala, Sweden
Died
20 November 1872(1872-11-20) (aged 71)
Stockholm, Sweden
Resting place
Norra begravningsplatsen
Alma mater
Uppsala University
Occupation(s)
Newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman, politician
Known for
Founding the newspaper Aftonbladet
Title
President of the Riksdag of the Estates
President of Andra kammaren
Spouse
Wilhelmina Fröding
(m. 1833)
Children
5, including
Ebba Lind af Hageby (born 1840)
Anna Hierta-Retzius (born 1841)
Edvard Faustman [sv] (born 1852)
Lars Johan Hierta (Swedish:[lɑːʂˈjûːanˈjæ̂ʈːa]; 22 January 1801 – 20 November 1872) was a Swedish newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician. He is best known as the founder of the newspaper Aftonbladet in 1830. Hierta was a leading agitator for political and social reform in Sweden during the 19th century. He is sometimes credited as the "father of the free press" in Sweden.
LarsJohanHierta (Swedish: [lɑːʂˈjûːan ˈjæ̂ʈːa]; 22 January 1801 – 20 November 1872) was a Swedish newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and...
Swedish women's rights activist and philanthropist, daughter of LarsLarsJohanHierta (1801–1872), Swedish newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman...
Hierta family was naturalized as a Finnish noble family, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, at the Finnish house of nobility in 1818. Lars Johan...
the Nordic countries.[citation needed] The newspaper was founded by LarsJohanHierta in December 1830 under the name of Aftonbladet i Stockholm during...
1830, it was for the first time that a prominent Swedish politician, LarsJohanHierta, advocated for a republic, though without using the word "republic":...
support herself. In 1841, her first novel, Arabella, was published by LarsJohanHierta, the chief editor of the radical newspaper Aftonbladet, and the same...
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– Del 12, Konung Karl den tionde Gustaf, Afdelning 2, Stockholm: LarsJohanHierta, pp. 130–141 Wolke 2008, p. 199. Weibull 1949, p. 2. Ericsson, Ernst...
located in Oskarshamn, Sweden. The company was founded in 1839 by LarsJohanHierta, the same person who founded the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet...
he was married to the feminist Anna Hierta, daughter of the founder of the newspaper Aftonbladet LarsJohanHierta, his personal wealth allowed him to...
Engwall family acquired Gefle Manufaktur AB from the families of LarsJohanHierta and Per Murén. The family appointed Sven Engwall as chairman and extended...
industrialist (born 1801) 18 September – Charles XV 20 November – LarsJohanHierta, publisher (born 1801) Helena Eldrup, educator (born 1800) Österberg...
and Sven Adolf Hedlund in Gothenburg, as well as August Blanche and LarsJohanHierta in Stockholm. These men also fought for the representation reform...
capital during the 1798-1842 royal theater monopoly. 22 January – LarsJohanHierta, newspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician (died...
ophthalmologist Erik Nordenson and his wife Bertha Nordenson, a descendant of LarsJohanHierta and later a prominent women's activist. He matriculated at Uppsala...
himself in constant conflict with the political opinions of its owner, LarsJohanHierta, in 1832 he joined with his brother-in-law, the journalist Wilhelm...
in Sweden with her maternal grandparents, the newspaper publisher LarsJohanHierta and his wife Wilhelmina, who contributed to her proficiency in Swedish...
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