Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (24 June 1611 – 5 December 1657) was a Count and a
Swedish
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statesman.
Biography
The son of
Lord High Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, he was born in
Stockholm. He completed his studies at
Uppsala
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in 1633, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the
Netherlands
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and Great Britain. He served under his brother-in-law
Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg in the
Thirty Years' War
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from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various
diplomatic mission
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s, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes. He was one of the commissioners who signed the
truce
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of 1635 with Poland (
Armistice of Stuhmsdorf or
Treaty of Sztumska Wieś
The Treaty of Stuhmsdorf ( sv, Stilleståndet i Stuhmsdorf), or Sztumska Wieś ( pl, Rozejm w Sztumskiej Wsi), was a treaty signed on 12 September 1635 between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire in the village of Stuhmsd ...
), and in 1639, much against his father's will, was made a
Privy Councillor.
Along with
Salvius he represented Sweden at the great peace
congress of Osnabrück
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, but as he received his instructions direct from his father, whereas Salvius was in the confidence of
Queen Christina, the two "legates" were constantly at variance. From 1650 to 1652 he was
Governor General
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of
Swedish Pomerania
Swedish Pomerania ( sv, Svenska Pommern; german: Schwedisch-Pommern) was a dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815 on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years' War, Sweden held ...
.
King Charles X Gustav made him
Marshal of the Realm.
See also
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Polish-Swedish War
Notes
External links
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1611 births
1657 deaths
Politicians from Stockholm
Johan
Marshals of the Realm
Swedish diplomats
Uppsala University alumni
17th-century Swedish politicians