Carl Frederik von Breda was also a painter, who studied under his father. Breda died in Stockholm in 1818. Breda's great-grandfather Pieter emigrated to Stockholm around the year 1670 from the Netherlands. The "von Breda" family name seems to indicate a connection with the city of Breda. "Von" is not a Dutch preposition, but in the Nordic countries, this originally German preposition has occasionally been used as a part of names of ennobled families of native or foreign, but non-German, origin. Pieter's son Lucas (Carl's grandfather, 1676–1752) was a successful painter. His son Lucas (Carl's father, 1726–1799) was an "arbitrator in cases of shipwreck",
Breda University of Applied Sciences offer bachelor's degrees, master's degrees (but neither "of Arts" nor "of Science") and no doctorates. New (academic) bachelor and master programmes (for instance a master in Imagineering) have been developed since then, closely related to the disciplines. By 2009 NHTV offered a Bachelor of Science Tourism and opted to change its name to NHTV internationaal hoger onderwijs Breda. As from 2018 the official name is Breda University of Applied Sciences. Breda University of Applied Sciences offers 18 full-time bachelor's degree programmes, two master programmes, and one part-time bachelor's degree programme. Breda University of Applied Sciences is currently offering nine English