Georg Adlersparre

Georg Adlersparre.

Georg Adlersparre (born March 28, 1760 , † September 23, 1835 on the Gustafsvik estate in Värmland ) was a Swedish general , politician and writer .

Life

Georg Adlersparre was born in the Jämtland province in Sweden . In 1775 he entered the military. After the death of Gustav III. he took his leave in 1793 as Rittmeister . After his release he lived in the deepest seclusion until 1808, initially (1797–1800) still busy with the publication of the magazine: Läsning i blandade Ämnen , in which poems and essays on political science and other branches of literature were included. In 1800 he was also a member of the Reichstag, in which he firmly represented liberal principles.

In 1808, on the recommendation of the Duke of Södermanland, he was given command of part of the western army on the Norwegian border, led the same with distinction and then took part in the attacks to dethrone the king. To support the execution of the attack, Adlersparre and his troops moved near the capital and moved into it on March 22, after Gustav IV had already been deposed .

He now mainly caused the exclusion of Gustav's son from the throne and the elevation of Charles XIII. to the king. Inundated by this, Adlersparre entered the State Council, was elevated to the rank of baron and in 1817 the rank of count and in quick succession was appointed colonel and adjutant general of the king. However, he resigned from the Council of State as early as 1810 after his plan to achieve the unification of Norway with Sweden through the election of Christian August von Holstein as crown prince, which had failed through his death. He then became governor of the province of Skaraborg and administered it in an excellent manner and continually received evidence of royal favor.

He later retired to an estate and from then on dealt with the publication of documents on the older, newer and most recent history of Sweden (Stockholm 1830–33, 9 volumes), which involved him in an investigation into press offenses in 1831 and fined him .

One of his sons, Karl August, Count Adlersparre (* 1810, † 1862 as chamberlain) made himself a poet, even more through his historical work:

• 1809 Ars Revolution . Stockholm 1849, 2 volumes,
• 1809 and 1810, Tidstaflor . Stockholm 1849, 3 volumes,
• Anteckningar om bortgångne samtida . Stockholm 1860–62, 3 volumes

known.

literature

• Georg Adlersparre . In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-Armati . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1904, Sp. 180 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

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