Erland von Hofsten (ironmaster, born 1780)

Erland von Hofsten was born on September 19, 1780, at Valåsen Manor, Karlskoga, Sweden, and was the first of nine children of Bengt^[1] and Christina Lovisa von Hofsten (née Geijer). His father was an ironmaster at Valåsen Works. In 1793, he enrolled at Uppsala University.^[2]

In 1805, he served as a clerk at the administrative courts of appeal in Sweden.^[2]

In 1822, Erland von Hofsten married Johanna Nordenfeldt.^[2] The couple's daughter, Johanna Christina von Hofsten, was a children's writer.^[3]

Hofsten died on December 10, 1810, in Stockholm.^[4] He and his wife were buried at the Karlskoga Old Cemetery, near Karlskoga Church.^[5]

• Lindberg, Gust (1895). Karlskoga bergslag: historia och beskrifningar (in Swedish). Noraskog: Central-tryckeriet.