Adolf Friedrich von Olthof

Adolf Friedrich von Olthof (7 September 1718, Strelitz-Alt - 30 June 1793, Stralsund) was a Swedish Pomeranian councilor, and patron of the arts.

In 1757, together with the merchant and banker, Joachim Ulrich Giese [de], he leased the newly established Stralsund Mint; resigning his various offices.

In 1762, he concluded the Treaty of Hamburg with the Prussian Ambassador, Johann Julius von Hecht [de].

Shortly after signing the Treaty, he invited the painters, Georg David Matthieu and Jakob Philipp Hackert, and the writer Johann Caspar Lavater, to come there as his guests.

Balthasar Anton Dunker, Olthof's nephew, became Hackert's student, and went to Paris with him to complete his training.

The terms gave him and Giese licenses to run a lottery and a pawn shop, secured with bonds.