Claes Adelsköld
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| Born | Claes Adolf Adelsköld 7 September 1824 Nolhaga, Alingsås Municipality, Västra Götaland County |
| Died | 1 October 1907 (aged 83) Stockholm |
| Resting place | Stadskyrkogården, Alingsås |
| Residence | Sweden |
| Citizenship | Swedish |
Claes Adolf Adelsköld (7 September 1824 – 1 October 1907) was a Swedish civil engineer, railway engineer, Army officer, member of the upper house of the Parliament of Sweden, and writer.
A member of the noble family of that name, Adelsköld was born in Nolhaga, Alingsås Municipality, on 7 September 1824.
He studied in Gothenburg, serving in the Swedish Army's Göta Artillery Regiment and became a lieutenant in 1844 in the Värmland jäger regiment; in 1849 he participated in the creation of the first Swedish railway open to civilian use. In 1852, he became a lieutenant in the newly organized Civil Engineering Corps, and continued to advance in the Corps until taking leave in 1875, when he was elected a member of the Riksdag. With 26 years in railway and canal construction (in 1865 he had become an ombudsman for the Hjälmare kanal), Adelsköld proudly called himself "Sveriges rallarbuse Nr.1" (roughly, "Swedish Navvy #1" or "Swedish Roughneck #1").
In 1875, he was elected a member of the upper house of the Riksdag (which at that time was bicameral), in which he served until 1893: at first for Västerbotten County and later for Blekinge County. He was a supporter of free trade and showed particular interest in defense issues.
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