Olof Hermelin

Olof Hermelin (8 February 1827, in Säby Parish, Småland – 3 December 1913, in Stocksund) was a Swedish painter, author and landowner. Biography His grandfather was the cartographer, Samuel Gustaf Hermelin and his father was the baron August Söderling Hermelin, who adopted his mother's surname as his middle name because he inherited Gripenberg Castle from her family. Olof studied at Uppsala University and the military school in Stockholm; joining the Halland Regiment in 1848. He was promoted to Lieutenant two years later. His military career turned out to be short-lived, however, as he resigned the following year and settled down on his property in Råby-Rekarne Parish, Österby. During his time in Stockholm, he had taken classes from the landscape painter, , at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, and had decided to pursue a career as an artist instead. In 1852, he married Malin Lucie Liljenstolpe, from another landed family.