Count Claes Ekeblad
Cabinet Minister
✶ 30 March 1708 in Elbing, Westpreussen
✟ 9 October 1771 at the Royal Palace of Stockholm
appointed
Stockholm 17 April 1748
Knighted 18 April 1748 in the King’s chambers
motto
Deo et patriæ (For god and fatherland)
shield
Painted 1764/65 by Johan Pasch. Renovated 1950 by David Friefeldt.
other awards
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star 1748
Biography
Cabinet Minister 1746-1765 and 1769
Marshal 1751-1761
Prime Minister 1761-1765 and 1769
Chancellor at the Chancery of the Royal Swedish Orders 1761-1765
Placement
