Sven Adolf Hedlund

Sven Adolf Hedlund (24 February 1821 – 16 September 1900), also known as S. A. Hedlund, was a Swedish newspaper publisher and politician. He was editor-in-chief of Göteborgs Handels- och sjöfartstidning and served as a Member of the Parliament of Sweden.

Biography Sven Adolf Hedlund was born on the island of Eldgarn, now in Ekerö Municipality at Mälaren, Stockholm County, Sweden, He was the son of the farmer Carl Adolf Hedlund and his wife Regina (née Björner). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1845 from Uppsala University.

Hedlund was elected as a Member of Parliament, representing Gothenburg Municipality in the lower house from 1867 to 1869 and from 1879 to 1883. He later represented Gothenburg and Bohus County in the upper house from 1875 to 1876, and Kristianstad County from 1886 to 1889.

Personal life Hedlund became engaged to Christina Maria Rudenschöld (1832-1905) and married her in 1854. They were the parents of five children. In 1860, Hedlund became a member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg.

After suffering apoplectic stroke in 1889, Hedlund retired from his publishing works and public duties. He died in his home in Gothenburg in 1900. His funerary urn is located in the Viktor Rydberg Mausoleum at Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg.