Count Otto Eduard von Zedlitz und Trützschler (23 March 1873 – 4 December 1927) was a German nobleman, naturalist, explorer and writer. He settled in to Tofhult, Sweden after World War I. Von Zedlitz was born in Silesia at the family home in Schwentnig near Zobten. His parents were Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Constantin von Zedlitz-Trützschler (1833–1888) and Helene von Rohr (1839–1878). After the early death of his mother he was raised by an aunt in Altenburg. He was educated at Breslau. He joined for military service (Leibkürassieren Regiment) following which he travelled around Spitzbergen and the Arctic circle with Arthur Berger and J. Roth around 1900. He travelled to Tunisia with Paul W. H. Spatz (1865–1942) from 1904 to 1906, making large collections of birds. He made several more visits