Count Carl Gustaf Tessin
Cabinet Minister, Prime Minister
✶ 5 September 1695 in Stockholm
✟ 7 January 1770 at Åkerö, Bettna parish
appointed
Stockholm 17 April 1748
Knighted 18 April 1748 in the King’s chambers
motto
Constanter et sincere (Firm and honest)
shield
Painted 1764/65 by Johan Pasch
other awards
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star 1748
Biography
Land Marshal 1738
Cabinet Minister 1741-1761
Marshal for Hereditary Princess (from 1751 Queen) Lovisa Ulrika 1744-1761
Prime Minister 1746-1752
Chancellor at the Chancery of the Royal Swedish Orders 1748-1761
Placement
