House Ehrenlund

Ehrenlund is a Finnish-Swedish introduced noble house (no. 1599), associated in Riddarhuset records with Nyland (Uusimaa). The family was ennobled in 1719 and introduced in 1720, a period when the Swedish realm—still including Finland—regularly recognised administrative and military service with formal ennoblement.

In the present Lord of Coley's arms, Ehrenlund is referenced as part of the "service recognised with honour" theme in the crest. The laurel sprig held by the gauntlet is a deliberately classic symbol of merit and duty, and it suits the early eighteenth-century culture in which such families moved between state service, local office, and the social networks recorded by the Riddarhuset.

The introduced Ehrenlund line is recorded as extinct in the nineteenth century. As with several of the Swedish houses represented in the arms, its significance here is therefore genealogical and historical: it signals a documented strand in the present Lord's Swedish ancestry and the broader Nordic setting into which the Coley–Vachell story later entered.

Further Reading:

• Riddarhuset (MINERVA): Ehrenlund (no. 1599).
• Elgenstierna, Gustaf (ed.). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor.
• Adelsvapen-Wiki: Ehrenlund nr 1599.