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Harald Fleetwood (1879–1960)

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Harald Fleetwood
Photograph from a 1942 (or earlier) Christmas issue of Vecko-Journalen, by unknown.
National Herald of Sweden
In office
1931–1953
Preceded byAdam Lewenhaupt
Succeeded bynone
Personal details
Born
Harald Gustaf Fleetwood

(1879-07-22)22 July 1879
Gothenburg Kristine Parish, Västergötland, Sweden
Died5 August 1960(1960-08-05) (aged 81)
Saltsjöbaden Parish, Södermanland, Sweden
RelativesFleetwood family

Harald Gustaf Fleetwood (22 July 1879 – 5 August 1960) was a Swedish heraldist and courtier, serving as the last National Herald between 1931 and 1953.

Biography

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Harald Fleetwood was born on 22 July 1879 in Gothenburg to Harder Georg Fleetwood, wholesale merchant and genealogist, and Amalia Björck, daughter of Gustaf Daniel Björck, bishop of Gothenburg. As a member of the Swedish branch of the Fleetwood family, his interest in heraldry and genealogy was acquired by his father. After graduating in 1901, he worked as an administrative assistant at the Museum of Cultural History in Lund between 1903 and 1906, and later continued his studies at the University of Cologne the following year.

He took office as secretary of the Royal Theatre between 1910–1919 and was a National Heraldry Office staff member in 1910 and onwards. He was also supplementary assistant of the National Archives, chamberlain and master of ceremonies in 1914, 1922 and 1930 respectively. In 1931 and 1933, he succeeded as National Herald and was member of the Royal Society for Publication of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History respectively.

He was a member of Concordia Catholica and buried on 13 August 1960 at the Catholic Cemetery, Northern Burial Grounds in Stockholm.

Honours

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Baronial family arms of the Swedish branch of Fleetwood, as introduced to the House of Nobility.

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Foreign

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References

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  • Thyselius, Erik, ed. (1942). Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok 1943 [Who's That: Biographical Handbook of Sweden, 1943] (in Swedish) (16th ed.). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söner. pp. 241. ISSN 0347-3341 – via Project Runeberg.