Jesper Crusebjörn

Lieutenant General Jesper Ingevald Crusebjörn (12 July 1843 – 24 June 1904) was a Swedish Army officer and politician. He served as minister for war (1899–1903) and as governor of Västerbotten County (1891–1904).

Early life Crusebjörn was born on 12 July 1843 at Avinge in , Botkyrka Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, the son of the court squire (hovjunkare) Frans Adolf Crusebjörn and Lovisa Magdalena Fougt.

He attended in Strängnäs from the autumn term of 1855 until the spring term of 1862, and enrolled at Uppsala University on 26 May 1862. On 8 September 1862, he was appointed an unpaid furir in the Västmanland Regiment. In 1863, he advanced through the ranks in the Second Life Guards and, on 26 October of that year, passed his officer’s examination.

Personal life On 31 July 1873 at Lövstalund in Grödinge socken Crusebjörn married Augusta Georgina Bahrman (born 23 July 1850), the daughter of stadsmäklaren Göran Napoleon Bahrman in Stockholm.

Death Crusebjörn died on 24 June 1904 in Umeå, Sweden.

Dates of rank Crusebjörn's dates of rank:

8 September 1862 – Furir 11 December 1863 – Underlöjtnant 12 November 1867 – Lieutenant 2nd Class 19 December 1873 – Lieutenant 27 August 1875 – Captain 13 April 1883 – Major 3 February 1888 – Lieutenant colonel and 1st Major 11 September 1891 – Colonel 27 October 1899 – Major general 7 June 1901 – Lieutenant general

Awards and decorations

Honours Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1876) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (1899) Honorary member of the Västerbotten County Agricultural Society (Västerbottens läns hushållningssällskap) (1900)