479 Count Albert Carl August Lars Ehrensvärd

Count Albert Carl August Lars Ehrensvärd
Foreign Minister

✶ 10 January 1821 at Rödjenäs, Björkö parish
✟ 31 January 1901 at Tosterup

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 1 December 1885

motto

Non vana sequor (I stive for what is not vanity)

shield

Painted 1895 by Carl Högberg. Date of death added 1901 by the same artist.

other awards

Knight of the Order of the Polar Star (officiant) 1853
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star med briljanter 1856
Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (1st class) 1856
Commander of the Order of the Polar Star 1859
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star 1869
Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa 1871

Biography

Chamberlain of Queen Desideria of Sweden 1849
Governor in Gothenburgs and Bohus county 1864-1885
Minister for Foreign Affairs 1885-1889
Member of the first chamber of the Riksdag of Sweden 1866-1890
Archivist at the Chancery of the Royal Swedish Orders 1853-1859

Placement