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    Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and...
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    Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the middle generation of the brief Tessin dynasty, which has had a lasting...
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    1694 and 1700 by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. The building was inherited by Tessin's son Carl Gustaf Tessin who had to sell it in 1755 for financial...
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  • Tessin may refer to: Carl Gustaf Tessin, a Swedish Count and politician Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, a Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, a...
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  • ecclesiastic Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770), Swedish politician Karl Gustaf Westman (1876–1944), Swedish historian and politician Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt...
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    north of Sweden. The museum's benefactors include King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. It was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum"). The present...
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    was one of the large number of drawings and paintings acquired by Carl Gustaf Tessin during his stay in Paris, but he had to sell it off part of his collection...
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    commissioned in 1748 (completed in 1752-1757) by Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770) and designed by Carl Hårleman. It is a fine example of Rococo manor house...
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    turned down Tessin's offer of a commission. Carl Hårleman died in 1753, and his work was continued by Carl Johan Cronstedt and Carl Gustaf Tessin who finished...
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    Berlin to Swedish Pomerania by the Swedish envoy count Carl Gustaf Tessin, his spouse Ulla Tessin and his wife's niece Charlotta Sparre, who was appointed...
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    Gustav III (redirect from Gustaf III)
    who were among the most eminent Swedish statesmen of the day: Carl Gustaf Tessin and Carl Fredrik Scheffer. Nonetheless, he perhaps owed most of what shaped...
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  • Gustaf Duncan (20 November 1711 – 23 April 1771) was a Swedish post official and spy. Between 1743 and 1748, he was active as an agent of Carl Gustaf...
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    of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Hårleman was appointed court intendant and subsequently in 1741, after Tessin's son Carl Gustaf Tessin had been made...
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    portrayed many of the Swedes visiting Paris, and befriended Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770)— Swedish ambassador, art collector and member of the famous...
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    became prominent, funded by the king and other cultural patrons like Carl Gustaf Tessin; the two aforementioned figures laid the base for Sweden's Nationalmuseum...
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    castle. Läckö was later granted to Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770) in 1752 and in 1810 to General Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815). Läckö Castle...
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    reign, he never had anything to do with them himself. When he died, Carl Gustaf Tessin said about him: Under the reign of King Frederick, science has developed...
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  • parliamentary majority. Carl Gustaf Tessin (1738–1739) Henning Gyllenborg (1751–1752) Axel von Fersen, senior (1755–1756, 1760–1762, 1769–1770) Carl Gyllenborg Hats'...
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    1746 Höpken was created a Privy Councillor. In 1751 he succeeded Carl Gustaf Tessin as President of the Royal Majestys Chancellery, and controlled the...
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  • Chancellery 1752–61 Privy Council 1746–61, 1773–80  Sweden 13 17 April 1748 Carl Gustaf Tessin Count Lord Marshal 1738 Privy Council 1741–61 President of the Chancellery...
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    displeasure when Carl Gustaf Tessin was due to be elected to a post, which resulted in public protests which did not quiet down until Tessin had been received...
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    1727 to Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. Because her fortune exceeded that of her spouse, he was by law required to grant her both the Tessin Palace as well...
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    Charles De Geer (redirect from Carl Degeer)
    collection it was probably only surpassed by the collection of Count Carl Gustaf Tessin at that time, in Sweden. The library of Charles De Geer contains around...
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    mission to Germany. Carl Gustaf Tessin Lars von Engeström 1705 Carl Gustaf Friesendorff 1699 Henning von Strahlenheim 1699–1711 Carl Gustaf Friesendorff 1698–1700...
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  • (1719) Arvid Horn, Caps (1720, 1726, 1731) Swen Lagerberg, Caps (1723) Carl Gustaf Tessin, Hats (1738–1739) Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, Caps (1742...
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    Once again, Linnaeus found a patron; he became acquainted with Count Carl Gustav Tessin, who helped him get work as a physician at the Admiralty. During this...
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    Maison, Marshal of France, Minister of War (d. 1840) January 7 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695) January 8 – John Michael Rysbrack, Flemish...
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    was also a good friend of the influential Swedish politician Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. After his wife's death, during the years 1774–75, Roslin visited...
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    Count Gustaf Bonde (18 December 1738 – 16 April 1739; acting) Count Carl Gyllenborg (16 April 1739 – 9 December 1746) Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (9 December...
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    Reason" would produce.[citation needed] The Swedish ambassador, count Carl Gustaf Tessin, a fierce opponent of the king, had written as early as 1760: "Prince...
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