Christina Piper

Christina Piper was a Swedish countess, landowner and entrepreneur. She proved herself as an entrepreneur during her husband absence during the Great Northern War (1700-1721), and later during her widowhood.

She was married to the statesman and military count Carl Piper who left the family estate to fight in the Great Norther War. Christina took a great interest in the business and expanded the family estates. When her husband was taken prisoner by the Russians in 1709 she managed negotiations with the government to trade her spouse for Russians prisoners in Sweden, which however did not succeed. He died at Schlüsselburg on the 29th of May 1716.

Christina owned and managed the estates Krageholm, Björnstorp and Östra Torup, and in 1725 she acquired an estate in Andrarum, which she made the biggest producer of alum in Scania, with 900 employees. She also founded six so called "fideikomiss”, estates which could not be sold but could only be inherited.