Carl Adolph Grevesmühl

Carl Adolph Grevesmühl was a Swedish businessman from Stockholm. His furniture business made him a very rich man. He was commissioned by King Gustav III of Sweden (r. 1771-1792) to furnish Stockholm Castle. Grevesmühl owned the Zinkensdamm estate between 1790 and 1811, and in 1810, he bought Herresta.

Grevesmühl belonged to a German family, who moved to Sweden from Mecklenburg in the early 1700s. The father had a furniture store, where Carl Adolph, who was the oldest of eight siblings, began working at age 14. The shop was later taken over by his son. Furniture store became popular when Gustav III decided to make large orders to decorate the castle. In this way Carl Adolph Grevesmühl became very wealthy.

Grevesmühl bought Zinkensdamm in 1790. By that time he left business and devoted himself to his construction interest. He expanded the property, repaired the old buildings and stone walls, built a water mill and improved agricultural possibilities of the estate. In 1810, he bought Herrest, a large estate in Södermanland County in Sweden, located outside Mariefred. Zinkensdamm was sold in 1811.