F. U. (Fredrik Ulrik) Wrangel

Born at Salsta Castle in Uppland on October 3, 1853, Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel was a Swedish count, court official, writer, draftsman, and historian. He became especially known for biographical, genealogical, and local historical writing, and he also worked in the Royal Court administration.

Wrangel wrote extensively about Swedish history and society, with a special gift for making older people and places feel vivid. His books include studies of Stockholm and its neighborhoods, and he was also associated with genealogical reference works on the Swedish nobility. Some sources note that he also wrote under the pseudonym "Daisy."

He settled in France in the late nineteenth century and died in Versailles on August 14, 1929. Today he is remembered as a wide-ranging man of letters whose historical writing helped preserve details of Swedish cultural and family history that might otherwise have been forgotten.