Surname: | Strokirk |
Other Names: | Strokirch, von Strokirch, Strokerken |
Type: | Swedish and Baltic noble family |
Country: | Sweden |
Founded: | 1684; 1686; 1691 |
Estate: | Aumeisteri Manor Degernäs Manor Ölsboda Manor |
The Strokirk family, also known as von Strokirch, is a Baltic German and Swedish noble family of German origin.[1] Different branches of the family were elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden and Livonian Knighthood.
In 1620, Evert Strokirch moved from Lübeck in Germany to Filipstad, Sweden. The family acquired both manors and estates in Sweden and Livonia (present-day Latvia and Estonia). Members of the Strokirk family were in the 18th century living in the broader Karlskoga–Degerfors-area, where they managed ironworks, in the present-day corresponding municipalities of Degerfors and Karlskoga. Including the properties of the Lidetorp and Ölsboda Works.[2] [3]