Count Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm
Lieutenant-general
✶ 30 January 1790 at Lång, Grums parish
✟ 18 May 1858 at Lång, Grums parish
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 28 April 1849
motto
Deo, regi, legi (For God, King and Law)
shield
Painted 1854 by S C Cadovius.
other awards
Gold medal for Valour in the Field 1814
Knight of the Order of the Sword 1818
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star (officiant) 1829
The Karl-Johan medal 1855
Biography
He joined the military in 1809 and in 1811 became courtier in the service of the Crown Price, the future King Oscar I of Sweden. He fought in the Russian army against the French in the battles of Borodino and Leipzig and was present during the conquest of Paris in 1814.
In 1821, he was promoted to the rank of colonel and served in the general staff of Sweden. In 1824 he was appointed to the equivalent of Swedish ambassador to the Ottoman Empire and served in Istanbul. Löwenhielm was the Swedish envoy to the Imperial Court in Vienna 1827-1843.
He served as County Governor of Gothenburg and Bohus County between 1843 and 1845 and later again served as a military officer. During the First Schleswig War, he commanded the contingent of volunteers from Sweden and Norway fighting for Denmark in the war with success
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