542 Baron Claes Gustaf Adolf Tamm

Baron Claes Gustaf Adolf Tamm
Governor of Stockholm, Minister

✶ 10 August 1838 at Lydinge, Stavby parish
✟ 25 June 1925 in Stockholm

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 9 July 1900

motto

Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)

shield

Unknown when it was painted nor by whom. Date of death added 1925 by David Friefeldt.

other awards

Knight of the Order of the Polar Star 1873
Commander of the Order of Vasa (1st class) 1880
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star (1st class) 1885
Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (1st class) 1887
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1889
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa 1897
Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav 1898

Biography

Consultative Minister 1884-1886
Minister and Head of the Ministry of Finance 1886-1888
Governor of Stockholm 1888-1902
Member of the second chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1870-1872
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1883-1889 and 1901-1909

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