Swedish noblewoman involved in bank fraud in the 1690s
Margaretha "Greta" Brita Duréel (died in June 1696) was a Swedish noble. She was the central figure in the stora juvelsveket (The Great Jewel Fraud), a fraud committed against the Swedish National Bank by a group of women in the 1690s. . Greta Duréel was the daughter of the noble Peter Nilsson Duréel and married the noble courtier Arvid Appelgren in 1683. . At that time, it was possible to be given loans from the Swedish National Bank in exchange for a Pledge (law) of personal property.
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Margaretha "Greta" Brita Duréel (died in June 1696) was a Swedish noble. She was the central figure in the stora juvelsveket (The Great Jewel Fraud), a fraud committed against the Swedish National Bank by a group of women in the 1690s. . Greta Duréel was the daughter of the noble Peter Nilsson Duréel and married the noble courtier Arvid Appelgren in 1683. . At that time, it was possible to be given loans from the Swedish National Bank in exchange for a Pledge (law) of personal property.
