BELFRAGE, HANS JACOB [SSNE 6059]

Surname

BELFRAGE

First name

HANS JACOB

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SWEDISH

Text source

Hans Jacob Belfrage was born in June 1686. He volunteered for the admiralty in 1699, before transferring to the Vestgötha Infantry regiment in 1705. Belfrage became an NCO there by 1707 and eventually a lieutenant in 1711. He left service in 1718 and lived until 1750 when he died in Forshaga. He married Esther Catharina Funck.

A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.36.

Service record

SWEDEN, NAVY

Arrived 1699-01-01, as VOLUNTEER

Departed 1703-12-31, as ARKLIMÄSTARE

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL

SWEDEN, VESTGÖTA REGIMENT

Arrived 1704-12-31, as NCO

Departed 1717-01-19, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY