Carl Fredrik Scheffer (28 April 1715 – 27 August 1786) was a Swedish count, diplomat,

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, politician and writer. He was a Knight of the

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, and a Commander of the

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Life

Scheffer's father Peter Scheffer was a governor. His mother was Helena Maria Ehrenstierna. He had a younger brother called Ulrik Scheffer. When he was sixteen, Carl began working in the royal office as an unpaid employee. Within a year he had begun to record the minutes of the councilors' meetings. He then left his job to travel and spent four years abroad. After returning, he became a member of the Hats party and won a seat in the

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in 1738. Scheffer was elected a member of the

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; he was one of the 13 people who were personally appointed by

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when the Academy was created, but he died before he had been formally installed as a member.Ledamotsregister
, brief bibliography at the Swedish Academy's official web site, retrieved 28 February 2014 Together with his brother, he had their estate Stora Ek Manor modernised and rebuilt after French ideals.

References

Works

*King, William (1732)
''The toast, an epic poem. Written in Latin by Frederick Scheffer, done into English by Peregrine O Donald, Esq; vol.I.''
Dublin: printed in the year
Libris 11079733
*''Minne af kongl. svenska patriotiska sällskapets ... uti en medaille, tillegnad hans excellence herr grefve Carl Fredric Scheffer ... Öfverlemnad på Töresö genom sällskapets deputerade, d. 30 august. 1777.''. Stockholm, printed by Johan Georg Lange, 1777.. 1777. Libris 10560989 *''Lettres particulières à Carl Gustaf Tessin 1744-1752.'' Handlingar / Kungl. Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia, 0347-8505 ; 7. Stockholm: Samf. för utg. av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1982. Libris 7745554.

Bibliography

*''Lettres inédites de madame Du Deffand, du président Hénault et du comte de Bulkeley au baron Carl Fredrik Scheffer, 1751-1756''. Genève. 1959. *Wolff, Charlotta (2003). "Carl Fredrik Scheffers brevväxling med franska fysiokrater". ''

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'' 2003(88):2,: p. 84201. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheffer, Carl Fredrik Members of the Swedish Academy Swedish male writers People from Nyköping Municipality Members of the Privy Council of Sweden Ambassadors of Sweden to France Swedish civil servants 1715 births 1786 deaths Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star 18th-century Swedish politicians