Georg Adlersparre

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Georg Adlersparre
Georg Adlersparre, 1760-1835, Count, Major General, Cabinet Minister (Fredric Westin) - Nationalmuseum - 39767.tif
Born(1760-03-28)28 March 1760
Hovermo (now part of Berg Municipality, Jämtland County)
Died23 September 1835(1835-09-23) (aged 75)
Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland
Allegiance Sweden
Rank Major General
Battles/wars Russo-Swedish War
Other workCounty governor of Skaraborg County, 1810-1824

Count Georg Adlersparre (March 28, 1760 – September 23, 1835) was a Swedish army commander, politician and writer from the Adlersparre family. He was the leader of the Coup of 1809, leading to the deposition of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. [1]

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Biography

Adlersparre was born in Hovermo (now a part of Berg Municipality, Jämtland County). Having entered the army at the age of 15, he received from King Gustav III, in 1791, a secret commission to excite the Norwegians to rebellion. After the death of the king, he left the army and devoted himself to writing and politics. In 1797–1801, he published the periodical Läsing i blandade ämnen. The liberal spirit in which he conducted it brought upon him the suspicions of the government. [2]

In 1802, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [3]

In 1808 he once again joined the military and received the command of a part of the so-called western army. Shortly thereafter he was promoted to therank of lieutenant-colonel. [2]

He was the leader of a conspiracy of officers and noblemen, among them Carl Johan Adlercreutz, against Gustav IV Adolf and triggered the Coup of 1809 by marching with his army to Stockholm. [2]

He was governor of Skaraborg County from 1810 until 1824 when he resigned. [2]

After the coup he supported the new strong monarchy, notwithstanding the liberality of his sentiments. In 1831 he was involved in a controversy for publishing allegedly secret state documents and his private correspondence with various Swedish princes, actions for which he remained unrepentant. He spent the last 25 years of his life residing in Gustafsvik Manor in Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland, where he died in 1835. [2]

Family

In 1809 he married Lovisa Magdalena Linroth (April 20, 1784 – November 8, 1866 Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland). They had four children: [4]

Notes

  1. Georg, Count Adlersparre at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brusewitz 1918, p. 158.
  3. Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  4. (in Swedish) Riksarkivet
  5. (in Swedish)1809 års revolution och dess män (The 1809 revolution and its men), 2 vol., Stockholm, 1849, A. Bonniers Föorlag, (in Swedish)1809 Och 1810: Tidstaflor, 3 vol., Stockholm, 1850, A. Bonniers Föorlag and (in Swedish)Anteckningar om bortgångne samtida, 3 vol., Stockholm 1860-1862, A. Bonniers Förlag

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References

Note: the below sources give an overview of Adlersparre in the English language, but they contain some factual errors.