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Encyclopedia > Lord High Chancellor of Sweden

Rikskansler (Lord High Chancellor), the Lord High Chancellors were members of the Privy Council and lead the Chancellerys work. A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...


Swedish Lord High Chancellors

  • Konrad von Pyhy (1538-1543)
  • Nils Gyllenstierna (1560-1590)
  • Erik Sparre (1593-1600)
  • Svante Bielke (1602-1609)
  • Axel Oxenstierna (1612-1654)
  • Erik Oxenstierna (1654-1656)
  • Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1660-1686)
  • Fredrik Sparre (1792-1797)
Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna   listen? or Oxenstjerna (June 16, 1583 - August 28, 1654), Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, was born at FÃ¥nö in Uplandia, and received his education with his brothers at the universities of Rostock, Jena and Wittenberg. ... Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie with his spouse Maria Eufrosyne of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, the sister of King Charles X of Sweden. ...

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Axel Oxenstierna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1198 words)
(June 16, 1583 – August 28, 1654), Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, was born at Fånö in Uplandia, and received his education with his brothers at the universities of Rostock, Jena and Wittenberg.
On the January 6, 1612 became Lord High Chancellor (Rikskansler) of the Privy Council.
Oxenstierna at first opposed the abdication of Christina, because he feared mischief to Sweden from the unruly and adventurous disposition of her appointed successor, Charles Gustavus.
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