Count Carl Axel Löwenhielm (3 November 1772 – 9 June 1861) was a

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military officer, diplomat, and politician. He was an illegitimate son of King

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and

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(married to the Chancellor of the Royal Court Fredrik Adolf Löwenhielm) and a half-brother of general and diplomat Gustaf Löwenhielm. Löwenhielm participated in the war operations in

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in 1788–1790, in

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in 1807, on the Norwegian border and on

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in 1809. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1808, in 1812 to the General Adjuster, in 1814 to Major General and in 1815 to the Lieutenant-General. Löwenhielm was a member of the Swedish cabinet between 1822–1839 and represented Sweden at the

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