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J.M. Sprengtporten

soldier and political conspirator
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Also known as: Jakob Magnus, Friherre Sprengtporten
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Jakob Magnus, Friherre Sprengtporten
Born:
1727, Porvoo, Fin.
Died:
April 2, 1786, Stockholm, Swed. (aged 59)
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J.M. Sprengtporten (born 1727, Porvoo, Fin.—died April 2, 1786, Stockholm, Swed.) was a soldier and political conspirator who planned and led the August 1772 coup d’etat that enabled the absolutist King Gustav III to seize full power in Sweden. Prompted by royalist sentiment and by concern that Finland would be taken over by Russia, Sprengtporten and other officers planned a quick coup in collaboration with Gustav III. The coup succeeded essentially as planned on Aug. 19, 1772. Sprengtporten was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and was made director of fortification construction in Finland. He retired in 1774, however, ...(100 of 118 words)

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