Stora Sundby

Stora Sundby Slotte, familie Klingspor, info@storasundbyslott.com  

CH-432


Bilthoven, 4 januari 2007

Dear Madam/Sir Klingspor,

Excuse me for writing to you in the English language. Feel free to react in Swedish.

Let me first introduce myself. I am Hugo von Meijenfeldt from Bilthoven, the Netherlands. My great-great-grandfather Johan August von Meijenfeldt (1760-1835) came to Amsterdam in 1793 as natural son of count Johan August Meijerfeldt (1725-1800). I have done a lot of research into our family history, wrote two books about it and maintain a website www.meijenfeldt.nl (in Dutch, I’m sorry).

My question to you is if there are any paintings of the Meijerfeldts in Story Sundby. Especially I expect the painting by J. Björck after Gustaf Lundberg of countess Lovisa Augusta Meijerfeldt born Sparre (1745-1817), in a blue dress with pink corsage. She is buried in the family chapel of Öja.
If there is one or more painting, my next question would be how to get hold of a colour photograph. Since I am planning to travel to Sweden this summer, I might take the picture myself.

Thank you in advance for any trouble taken,

Yours sincerely,
Hugo von Meijenfeldt