Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre
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Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre af Söfdeborg (4 September 1802 – 26 April 1886) was a
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nobleman, civil servant and politician. He was Sweden's
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, and later served as Chancellor of the Universities, and Marshal of the Realm, as well as several other offices.


Biography

Sparre was born in 1802 into the comital ''af Söfdeborg'' branch of the House of Sparre. He enrolled at
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in 1816 and graduated in 1823, after which he began his career as a jurist. In 1848 Sparre was chosen as
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, and had to deal with the
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as well as the reactionary response in the subsequent years. He resigned in 1856 and became President of the Svea Court of Appeals instead. Sparre also served as Chancellor of both Universities between 1856 and 1867, and was Marshal of the Realm from 1864 until his death. He was a member of the
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between 1834 and 1866, and was between 1867 and 1875 member of the
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for
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. He was also a member of several academies and societies, such as the Guild of the Order of the Seraphim (chairman, 1858). the
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(1855), the Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (honorary, 1848), the Society of Sciences in Uppsala (1848), the Academy of Agriculture (1853), and the Physiographic Society in Lund (1860). Sparre had no strong political convictions of his own but loyally assisted King Oscar I in aligning national policy in a more conservative direction. He was highly interested in the humanities, especially
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. A headland of Svalbard, Sparreneset, is named after him.


Orders and decorations

* Knight and Commander of the Orders of His Majesty (
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) * Grand Cross of the Order of S:t Olav * Knight of the Order of the Elephant


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1802 births 1886 deaths Swedish Ministers for Justice Uppsala University alumni Members of the Första kammaren Members of the Riksdag of the Estates Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala {{Sweden-bio-stub