291 Count Arvid Mauritz Posse

Count Arvid Mauritz Posse
Lord of the Realm, Land Marshal, Prime Minister of Justice

✶ 5 January 1792 at Bergkvara, Bergunda parish
✟ 22 July 1850 in Gothenburg

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 14 October 1844
Knighted 28 April 1846 in the Royal Chapel

motto

Non sibinsed patriæ (Not for oneself but for the fatherland)

shield

Painted 1845 by J A Aleander. Renovated 1949 by David Friefeldt.

other awards

Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1824
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star 1829

Biography

Chamberlain for Queen Charlotta 1817
Prime Minister of Justice 1840-1840 and 1846-1848
Lord of the Realm 1840
Land Marshal 1844
Marshal of the Realm 1845-1849
Colonel ombudsman at the Chancery of the Royal Swedish Orders 1846-1848

Placement