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Bror Cederström
Gustaf Albrecht Bror Cederström (21 September 1780 – 21 December 1877) was a Swedish baron and lieutenant general and Minister for Defence (Sweden), Minister of War. Biography Cederström was born at Fornsigtuna, Sweden and was the only child of lieutenant general and later president of the Council of War (''Krigskollegium''), baron Bror Cederström (1754-1816) and his first wife Catharina Maria Voltemat. The father remarried in 1800 to the author Charlotta Cederström, Christina Mörner. From 1816 to 1822, he headed the Cederströmian Hussar Regiment (''Cederströmska husarregementet'', previously named the Mörnerian Hussar Regiment, ''Mörnerska husarregementet'', after the previous commander, Hampus Mörner, and later renamed the Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment, when Oscar I of Sweden, Crown Prince Oscar became its commander) in Scania. During this time, he purchased the Säbyholm's lands outside Landskrona, where he actively worked to find new agricultural methods and establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Defence (Sweden)
The Minister for Defence of Sweden ( sv, försvarsminister; formal title: sv, statsråd och chef för försvarsdepartementet) is a member of the Government of Sweden ( sv, Regeringen). The Minister heads the Ministry of Defence (Sweden), Ministry for Defence and is appointed and dismissed at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister of Sweden, prime minister of Sweden. Although the Minister for Defence heads the Ministry of Defence, the Minister cannot as a general rule issue directives in his/her own right to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Supreme Commander or any other agency director-general in the defence portfolio due to the Ministerstyre, Swedish prohibition on ministerial rule, unless such authority is provided for in specific statutory provisions. Between 1840 and 1920, what corresponds to the Ministry for Defence today, was divided in two separate ministries with their own minister: one for Swedish Army, Army affairs, the Ministry of Land Defence, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |