Jacob Letterstedt

Jacob Letterstedt was a Swedish businessman who settled in the Cape Colony.
Lallerstedt was born in the parish of Vallerstad in Östergötland County. He arrived at Cape Town in 1820, where he made his fortune in the grain trade. Later he founded the company that became South African Breweries. In 1839 he was appointed acting honorary consul of Sweden-Norway, in 1841 ordinary consul and in 1857 consul general.
Letterstedt donated money to several prizes and to the Letterstedt Association, which promotes Nordic cooperation. In 1860, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The same year he returned to Europe and was living in Paris at the time of his death.