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Sweden - Gustav II Adolf, Reformation, Scandinavia: Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus II Adolphus; ruled 1611–32) was only 16 years old when his father, Charles IX, died, so the actual leadership passed to the aristocrat Axel Oxenstierna and the council. The regency period lasted only a few months, however, before Gustav Adolf took full power. After the Kalmar War the king joined in organizing the ...
Axel Oxenstierna ( 16. juni 1583 – 28. august 1654) var ein svensk greve og statsmann, rekna som Sveriges største statsmann i historia. Oxenstierna blei medlem av riksrådet 1609 og rikskanslar i 1612. I røynda vart han regent i 1632, ettersom dronning Kristina var umyndig, og han vert sett på som skiparen av det svenske statsapparatet.
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Axel Gabriel Oxenstierna var son till Gabriel Turesson Oxenstierna. Han reste 1689 till fadern i Haag, studerade 1690–1693 vid Utrechts universitet och vistades sedan några år på resor i Tyskland, Österrike och Italien. Efter hemkomsten blev han 1698 kammarherre hos änkedrottning Hedvig Eleonora.
Axel Oxenstierna. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository ... English: Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (June 16, 1583–August 28, 1654) was a Swedish ...
The Instrument of Government ( Swedish: regeringsform) of 1634 was a document describing the form and operation of the Swedish government, retrospectively regarded as the country's first constitution, although it was not intended to function as such. [1] It was composed by the Lord High Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna, [2] and was adopted by the ...
Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (Swedish: [ˈǎksɛl ˈʊ̂ksɛnˌɧæːɳa]; 1583–1654), Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of King Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina, of whom he was at first regent.
