Anders MÃÂ¥rtensson Hackzell (1705, in NederluleÃÂ¥, Norrbotten, Sweden - February 13, 1757, Alatornio, Lapland, Finland) worked as the chief enforcement officer (Swedish: kronofogde) and a cartographer and a mapper (Swedish: lantmätare) for the Swedish crown.
In 1705, Anders was born in NederluleÃÂ¥, Norrbotten, Sweden. Anders was one of the seven children â six sons and a daughter â born to MÃÂ¥rten Andersson Hackzell (1674âÂÂ1725) from Holm in Uppland, Sweden, and Anna Nilsdotter Plantin (1663âÂÂ1741) from Gammelstad in LuleÃÂ¥, Sweden.
The father of Anders Hackzell, MÃÂ¥rten, worked as a commander and the chief enforcement officer (Swedish: kronofogde) for the Swedish crown. MÃÂ¥rten was the only child of the Uppland clergyman Andreas Hackzelius (1630-1681) and Brita MÃÂ¥rtensdotter Hörling (1649âÂÂ1710) from Stockholm, in Uppland.
Anders married to Anna Catharina Plantin (1728âÂÂ1807) from LövÃÂ¥nger, Västerbotten, Sweden. The couple had five children, of which three were sons (one died at birth) and two were daughters.
Following in the footsteps of his father MÃÂ¥rten, Andreas chose to work in the service of the Swedish crown. Andreas became the chief enforcement officer (Swedish: kronofogde) for the Swedish crown and a cartographer and a mapper (Swedish: lantmätare). Among his accomplishments in cartography, Anders Hackzell mapped the area of Kiruna, Sweden, in 1736. Anders gave the mountains of the area the Swedish language names Fredriks berg (Finnish: Kiirunavaara) and Berget Ulrika Eleonora (Finnish: Luossavaara), after the King of Sweden Fredrik I and his wife Ulrika Eleonora.
Anders died two weeks before the sixth birthday of his eldest son, Zacharias Hackzell (1751-1804). Like his grandfather MÃÂ¥rten and father Anders, Zacharias too landed in a career in service of the Swedish crown. Zacharias became the chief of police (Swedish: kronolänsman) for the Swedish crown in Tornio, Finland.