Jacob Letterstedt
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Jacob Letterstedt (born Lallerstedt; 15 December 1796 – 18 March 1862) was a Swedish businessman who settled in the Cape Colony (part of present-day South Africa).
Lallerstedt was born in the parish of Vallerstad (present Mjölby Municipality) in Östergötland County.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He arrived at Cape Town in 1820, where he made his fortune in the grain trade. Later he founded the company that became South African Breweries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1839 he was appointed acting Consul of Sweden-Norway, in 1841 ordinary Consul and in 1857 Consul General.
Letterstedt donated money to several prizes and to the Letterstedt Association, which promotes Nordic cooperation. In 1860, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The same year he returned to Europe and was living in Paris at the time of his death.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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