Fredrik Boije
Fredrik Carl Boije af Gennäs was a Swedish military officer, illustrator and author.
Biography
His father, Lord Fredrik Boije, Director General of the Royal Postal Agency. At the age of four, he was enrolled as a coronet with the Västergötland Cavalry Regiment. He was appointed a Lieutenant in 1789 and participated in all of the regiments campaigns. By 1815, he had achieved the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and was appointed a Chamberlain the following year. He resigned from the service in 1820.Eventually, he became more famous as a writer and artist. Among his books may be mentioned Riksdagshistoria från 1627–1823 med landtmarskalkarnas porträtt. He also published the Magasin för konst, nyheter och moder, in twenty-six editions, from 1818 to 1844. It was the first fashion magazine in Sweden and one of the first few outside France. He created most of the illustrative etchings himself.
His Målare-lexikon til begagnande såsom handbok för konstidkare och taflesamlare has also been very useful.
In his youth, he fell in love with Ulrika Hierta, from another noble family, who was ten years his senior. They were married when he was twenty-two. She died three years before him, at the age of ninety-one.
Many of his artistic works may be seen at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.