Birgitta Durell

Brechtgien "Birgitta" Durell, née von Crakow or von Cracauw (Hoorn, the Netherlands, 1619 - Sweden, 1683) was a Swedish (originally Dutch) industrialist. She was the daughter of Carel van Cracauw, the Dutch envoy to Copenhagen, a rich heiress and related to rich bankers. In 1647, she married the rich Swedish merchant Magnus Durell, who had been ennobled not long before their wedding. She followed her spouse to Sweden and settled on his recently acquired country estate, Vallen Castle near Laholm.

Birgitta Durell

Brechtgien "Birgitta" Durell, née von Crakow or von Cracauw (Hoorn, the Netherlands, 1619 - Sweden, 1683) was a Swedish (originally Dutch) industrialist. She was the daughter of Carel van Cracauw, the Dutch envoy to Copenhagen, a rich heiress and related to rich bankers. In 1647, she married the rich Swedish merchant Magnus Durell, who had been ennobled not long before their wedding. She followed her spouse to Sweden and settled on his recently acquired country estate, Vallen Castle near Laholm.