Count Lars von EngeströmThe official English translation of the Treaty of Orebro 18 July 1812 translates his name from French as Lawrence Baron d'Engeström (''British and Foreign State Papers'', Volume 1 Part 1 (1812-1814), published by the Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1841
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(24 December 1751 – 19 August 1826) was a

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statesman and diplomat. He served as the first

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from 1809 to 1824, and as the

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from 1810 to 1824. He served as envoy in Vienna from 1782 to 1787, Warsaw from 1788 to 1792, London from 1793 to 1795, and ambassador in Vienna from 1795. He was elected a member of the

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in 1810. He was the son of Bishop and brother of , ,

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, , Maria Beata, Ulrika, and von Engeström.

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Lars von Engeström
- Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (in Swedish) 1751 births 1826 deaths Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 18th-century Swedish nobility 19th-century Swedish politicians Ambassadors of Sweden to the Holy Roman Empire Ambassadors of Sweden to Poland Ambassadors of Sweden to the United Kingdom Gustavian era people Knights of the Order of Charles XIII Diplomats from Stockholm {{Europe-noble-stub