496 Baron Johan Gustaf Nils Samuel Åkerhielm af Margretelund

Baron Johan Gustaf Nils Samuel Åkerhielm af Margretelund
Valet de chambre

✶ 24 June 1833 in Stockholm
✟ 2 April 1900 in Stockholm

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 1 December 1888

motto

De loin comme du près (In the distance as close)

shield

Painted 1900 by Carl Högberg.

other awards

Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1873
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (1st class) 1874
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1880
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa 1886
Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav 1889
King Oscar II’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1897

Biography

Minister and Head of the Ministry of Finance 1874-1875
Valet de chambre 1876
Minister for Foreign Affairs 1889
Prime Minister 1889-1891
Member of the second chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1870-1875 (Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag 1873-1874) and 1894-1895
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1876-1893 and 1895

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