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Georg Adlersparre (1760–1835), Count, Cabinet Minister, Major General and County Governor, 1809
Artist/Maker Artist: Fredric Westin, Swedish, born 1782-09-22, dead 1862-05-13
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Georg Adlersparre’s good-natured expression concealed a fearless leader of the opposition against Gustav IV Adolf. In the face of complete military disaster at New Year 1809, he headed a military coup that ended Gustavian absolutism. Adlersparre’s own political projects quickly came to nothing, but Sweden did embark on a path towards the modern age. In artistic terms, too, this portrait marks a boundary between two epochs.