Wingård family explained

Wingård
Crest:	Coat_of_arms_of_af_Wingård.jpg
Crestcaption:	Coat of arms of Wingård
Early Forms:	Danish: Wingaard German: Wyngarthener
Origin:	Holy Roman Empire Denmark Sweden

The Wingård family (Danish: Wingaard, German: Wyngarthener), is a Danish-Swedish family of German origin from Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire.^[1]

History

Hans Wyngarthener (circa 1500–1559) emigrated and settled the first printing press in Denmark in the 16th century. His great-grandson Anders Nielsen Wingaard (circa 1600–1649) relocated to Sweden as the fourth Lutheran Vicar in Krokstad parish, Diocese of Gothenburg, in Bohuslän.^[2] His great-great-great-grandson Carl Fredrik was ennobled af Wingård (n:o 2159) in 1799 on the merits of his father^[3] during the reign of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden.^[4]

Notable members

• Johan Wingård (1738-1818), Bishop of the Diocese of Gothenburg and first holder of chair no. 6 of the Swedish Academy
• Johan Didrik af Wingård, (1778-1854), Lieutenant Colonel and Governor of Värmland County
• Carl Fredrik af Wingård (1781-1851), Archbishop of Uppsala, and Professor at Uppsala University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wingård och af Wingård (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon). 8 July 2018. Runeberg.org. 8 July 2018.
2. Västsvensk genealogi och personhistoria, redaktör Leif Påhlsson, [tryckt med bidrag av Herbert & Karin Jacobssons Stiftelse], utgiven av Västra Sveriges genealogiska förening till dess 25-årsjubileum den 30 oktober 1971, Göteborg 1971, s. 213.
3. Web site: Wingård, Johan - Svenska Akademien. Svenskaakademien.se. 8 July 2018.
4. Web site: Af Wingård nr 2159 - Adelsvapen-Wiki. Adelsvapen.com. 8 July 2018.