BELFRAGE, PETER [SSNE 6062]

Surname
BELFRAGE
First name
PETER
Title/rank
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Nationality
SWEDISH

Text source

Peter Belfrage was born in July 1669 in Hult in Västergotland. He became a sergeant with the Gothenburg Artillery in January 1686, and then an ensign in Båhus fort in 1689. By 1694 he had been promoted to lieutenant, and in March 1700 he became a captain. During this period he made several journeys to Stockholm. Belfrage transferred to the Vestgöta artillery where he eventually served as a lieutenant colonel. In 1716 Belfrage was made commandant of Sundsborg, and left service the following year. He died in Hult on 5 January 1727.

Göteborg Landsarkiv (GLA) Förteckning över Landshövdingens i Göteborg och Bohus Län - Skrivelser till Kungl. Maj:t 1657-1840 - 17/08/1697, 01/02/1700; A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.37.

Service record

SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG ARTILLERY
Arrived 1686-01-01, as SERGEANT
Departed 1689-05-07, as SERGEANT
Capacity NCO, purpose NCO
SWEDEN, BÅHUS FORT
Arrived 1689-05-08, as ENSIGN
Departed 1710-09-05, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, VESTGÖTA ARTILLERY
Arrived 1710-09-06, as MAJOR
Departed 1717-05-06, as LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, SUNDSBORG
Arrived 1716-01-01, as COMMANDANT
Departed 1717-05-06, as COMMANDANT
Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY