Hans Ramel


Baron Hans Otto Carl Ramel was a Swedish landlord, Hovjägmästare, Master of the Horse and member of parliament.

Early life

Ramel was born on 19 August 1867 at Övedskloster Manor in Sjöbo Municipality, Sweden, the son of ryttmästare, baron Otto Ramel and his wife baroness Charlotte. He became a volunteer at the Scanian Hussar Regiment in 1884 and passed mogenhetsexamen in 1887.

Career

Ramel was appointed sergeant at the Scanian Hussar Regiment in 1888 and attended the Royal Military Academy the same year and graduated and became an officer on 23 October 1889 and was appointed underlöjtnant in the Scanian Hussar Regiment on 8 November 1889. He retired from the army in 1901 and became Hovjägmästare in 1902. Ramel was part of the Swedish Landstorm from 1902 to 1926. Ramel became First Hovjägmästare in 1921 and Master of the Horse in 1932.
He was municipal chairman from 1899 to 1933, and a member of the Riksdag's upper house Första kammaren from 1917 to 1918. Ramel was chairman of Skåne Mortgage Association, Malmöhus County Forestry Board, Malmöhus County Fishery Board, Malmö Handicraft Association, Färs Hundred Savings Bank, Skånska Lantmännen Livestock Insurance Association, the Swedish Friesian Breeders Association and the Swedish Ardennes Breeders Association. He also sat in the governing council of the Stud Board.
Ramel became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture in 1924.

Personal life

In 1893 in Helsingborg he married baroness Fanny Cederström, the daughter of lieutenant general, baron Claes Arvid Bror Cederström and his wife baroness Amelie Virginie Tomasine Eleonore. He was the father of; Amelie Charlotte, Otto Bror, Charlotte, Viveka, Bror and Elsa.

Awards and decorations

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