Count Anders Johan von Höpken (31 March 17129 May 1789), Swedish

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, was the son of Daniel Niklas von Höpken, one of

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's most determined opponents and a founder of the Hat party. This cites: * * The younger Höpken was born in

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. When in 1738 the Hats came into power he obtained a seat in the secret committee of the Riksdag, and during the Finnish war of 1741-42 was one of the two commissioners appointed to negotiate with

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. During the Riksdag of 1746-1747 Höpken's influence was of the greatest importance. It was chiefly through his efforts that the estates issued a "national declaration" protesting against the arrogant attitude of the Russian ambassador, who attempted to dominate the crown prince Adolphus Frederick and the government. This spirited policy restored the waning prestige of the Hat party and firmly established their anti-Muscovite system. In 1746 Höpken was created a Privy Councillor. In 1751 he succeeded

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as President of the Royal Majestys Chancellery, and controlled the foreign policy of Sweden for the next nine years. On the outbreak of the

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, he contracted an armed neutrality treaty with Denmark (1756); but in the following year acceded to the league against

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. During the crisis of 1760–1762, when the Hats were at last compelled to give an account of their stewardship, Höpken was sacrificed to party exigencies and retired from the Privy Council as well as from the premiership. On 22 June 1762, however, he was created a count. After the revolution of 1772 he re-entered the Privy Council at the particular request of Gustavus III, but no longer exercised any political influence. His caustic criticism of many of the royal measures was not welcomed, and in 1780 he retired into private life. He died in Stockholm. Höpken's biographies and orations has earned for him the title of the Swedish

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. He was one of six who founded the

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in 1739, and when Gustavus III in 1786 established the

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, he gave Höpken the first place in it.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hopken, Anders Johan 1712 births 1789 deaths Politicians from Stockholm Swedish nobility Swedish people of German descent 18th-century Swedish politicians Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Swedish Academy Age of Liberty people