Sweden, A. Oxenstierna, Breitendorf; 30 Years War, Salmson 1821

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Sweden, A. Oxenstierna, Breitendorf; 30 Years War, Salmson 1821:
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This medal has been minted in France in 1821 to commemorate the Swedish statesman, Axel OXENSTIERNA, 1583 - 1654.

This medal has been designed by SALMSON.

Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (Swedish:[ˈʊksɛnˌɧæːɳa); 1583 – 1654), Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of first Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina.

Oxenstierna is widely considered one of the most influential people in Swedish history. He played an important role during the Thirty Years\' War and was appointed Governor-General of occupied Prussia; he is also credited for having laid the foundations of the modern central administrative structure of the State, including the creation of counties (Swedish: län).

av; Axel Oxenstierna

rv. The commemorative inscription in Latin

diameter - 41 mm (1⅝ “)

weight – 37.90 gr, (1.34 oz)

metal – bronze, beautiful old patina

Early life and education

Oxenstierna was born on 16 June 1583, at Fånö in Uppland, the son of Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1551–1597) and Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke (1556–1624). He was the oldest of nine siblings. After the death of her husband Gustaf, Axel\'s mother Barbro decided to let Axel and his brothers Christer and Gustaf finish their studies abroad. Thus, the brothers received their education at the universities of Rostock, Wittenberg and Jena. On returning home in 1603 he took up an appointment as kammarjunkare to King Charles IX of Sweden.

One of Oxenstierna\'s more unusual intellectual qualifications was his knowledge of the Scots language, reflecting the importance of the Scottish expatriate community in Sweden at that time. As Chancellor, he would regularly receive correspondence in Scots from his agent Sir James Spens, and he ventured into the language himself for an official letter to his Scottish counterpart, the Earl of Loudoun.