Count Georg Adlersparre (March 28, 1760 – September 23, 1835) was a

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army commander, politician and writer from the Adlersparre family. He was the leader of the

Coup of 1809 The Coup of 1809 ( sv, Statskuppen 1809) also referred to as the Revolution of 1809 (Swedish: ''Revolutionen 1809'') was a Swedish coup d'état by a group of noblemen led by Georg Adlersparre. The coup resulted in the deposition of King Gustav I ...

, leading to the deposition of King

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Biography

Adlersparre was born in Hovermo (now a part of

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). Having entered the army at the age of 15, he received from King

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, in 1791, a secret commission to excite the

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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

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spirit in which he conducted it brought upon him the suspicions of the government. In 1802, he was elected a member of the

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. 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. He was the leader of a conspiracy of officers and noblemen, among them Carl Johan Adlercreutz, against

Gustav IV Adolf Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland in 1808–09 ...

and triggered the ''Coup of 1809'' by marching with his army to Stockholm. He was governor of

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from 1810 until 1824 when he resigned. 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

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, where he died in 1835.

Family

In 1809 he married Lovisa Magdalena Linroth (April 20, 1784 – November 8, 1866

). They had four children: *

Carl August Adlersparre Carl August Adlersparre (7 June 1810 – 5 May 1862) was a Swedish count (1835), chamberlain (1838), poet, novelist and historian from the Adlersparre family. He was known under his pen name Albano. Life Carl August Adlersparre was born in Krist ...

(1810-1862), distinguished himself as a poet and an historian.'' ''1809 års revolution och dess män'' (''The 1809 revolution and its men''), 2 vol., Stockholm, 1849, A. Bonniers Föorlag, ''1809 Och 1810: Tidstaflor'', 3 vol., Stockholm, 1850, A. Bonniers Föorlag and ''Anteckningar om bortgångne samtida, 3 vol., Stockholm 1860-1862, A. Bonniers Förlag * Lovisa Maria Adlersparre (1814-1837) * Georg Axel Adlersparre (1816-1889) * Rudolf Adlersparre (1819-1908)

Notes

References

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

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* 1760 births 1835 deaths People from Berg Municipality Swedish generals Swedish counts Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Swedish military personnel of the Finnish War {{Sweden-noble-stub Georg