Anders Örbom

Anders Örbom (May 9, 1675 – May 25, 1740) was a captain in the Swedish Army who was at the Surrender at Perevolochna and taken to Siberia as a prisoner of war for 13 years.[1][2][3]

Biography

Örbom was born in Örebro, Sweden on May 9, 1675.[4] His father was a man named Brask, who was a District Court Judge in Örebro.[4] Anders joined the military in 1691 and he took part in the campaign at Humlebäck on Zealand, a Danish island where Copenhagen is located, in 1700. On July 7, 1701, he left camp and on July 9, 1701, he crossed the Düna River in Riga in Ukraine. There they conquered the Saxony troops and took about 700 prisoners. He fought in the Battle of Klissow on July 7, 1702 and the Battle of Pułtusk on April 21, 1703. He participated in the Battle of Reusch-Lemberg in 1704, and the Battle of Fraustadt on February 3, 1706, and was promoted to Lieutenant with Jämtland's rifle regiment.[5] He participated on July 4, 1708 in the Battle of Holowczyn. He was wounded with a bullet to the face. The bullet remained lodged in his skull the remainder of his life.[1] He also participated in the Battle of Lakowitz.[1]

Capture

He was captured on the Dnieper River, in Ukraine on July 1, 1709 and was taken to Siberia as a prisoner-of-war along with other officers during the Surrender at Perevolochna. All the soldiers were executed, and the officers were imprisoned in Siberia. He married Anna Elisabeth Von Rohr (1701-1744) on September 5, 1719 in Solikamsk, Siberia, Russia. Anna's father was Joakim von Rohr, Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of Dalarö fortress, the military fortress east of Stockholm, on the Baltic. Her mother was Katarina Charlotta Klingenberg. Together Anders and Elisabeth had their first child in Siberia:

Return from Siberia

Anders returned home to Sweden in 1721 or 1722 after 13 years of imprisonment. He was promoted to cavalry Captain with Jämtland's cavalry company, and in 1727 became squadron chief. He lived in Brunflo and later Rödön. He had the following additional children:[8][9]

Death

Captain Anders Örbom died on May 25, 1740 and he was buried in Rödön, Sweden on June 5, 1740.[8][10]

Timeline

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Adam Lewenhaupt (c. 1719). Karl XII's officerare: Biografiska anteckningar (in Swedish).
  2. ↑ Harold Oscar Prytz (1867). Historiska upplysningar om Svenska och Norska arméernas regementer och kårer .. (in Swedish).
  3. ↑ Karl Alfred Karlsson Örbom (1891-1945) (1963). Jämten; Heimbygdas Arsbok.
  4. 1 2 Iwan Wikström and Janrik Bromé (1947). Festskrift till Iwan Wikström (in Swedish). ... Anders Örbom, född i Örebro den 9 maj 1675, där fadern var rådmannen och handelsmannen Brask. Sonen Anders ändrade sitt efternamn och inrymde i detta en ...
  5. ↑ Nils Ahnlund and Holger Wichman. Jämtlands och Härjedalens historia, volume 4. Anders Örbom, som var i rysk ...
  6. ↑ Sörmländska handlingar (in Swedish). 1968. ... Anders örbom och Modren Christina Ruth. ...
  7. ↑ Svenska ättartal (in Swedish). 1890. Anders Örbom, f. 1675, t 1740; ryttmäst. vid Jemtl. dragon reg.'; g. 17192 in. Anna Elisabeth von Bohr3, f. 1701, t enka. Barn: l. Anders, f. 1720, f 1783; ryttmäst. vid Jemtl. reg.; g. 1751 m. Christina Ruuth, f. 1727 ...
  8. 1 2 "Von Rohr". Retrieved 2007-08-26. Anna Elisabet, born January 22, 1701, died about September 8, 1767, married September 5, 1719 at Solikamsk, Siberia, Anders Örbom (born May 9, 1675 at Örebro, died May 25, 1740 at Rödön parish, buried June 5, 1740 Rödön church)
  9. ↑ Sven Johan Kardell (1886). Minnen från fjällbygden och Fyrisvall (in Swedish).
  10. ↑ Julius Mankell (1866). Anteckningar rörande svenska regementernas historia (in Swedish).

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