Background
Jacob Bremer was born on 19 June 1711 in Västerås, Sweden, to Isak Bremer and Anna Hult.
Jacob Bremer was born on 19 June 1711 in Västerås, Sweden, to Isak Bremer and Anna Hult.
After school, he worked for the Västmanland provincial government for two years before moving to Åbo (now Turku, Finland), where he became a successful merchant, shipowner, and industrialist. He died on 5 September 1785 in Åbo. Bibliography
"Jacob Bremer" and "Bremer, släkt", Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon, Volume
VI, 1926, p.
178. (Swedish).