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Johan August, Baron Gripenstedt

Swedish baron
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August 11, 1813, Holstein [now in Germany]
Died:
July 13, 1874, Stockholm, Sweden (aged 60)
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Johan August, Baron Gripenstedt (born August 11, 1813, Holstein [now in Germany]—died July 13, 1874, Stockholm, Sweden) was a politician who initiated and guided Sweden’s transition to a capitalist economy. He also played a decisive part in turning Sweden away from a Pan-Scandinavian foreign policy in the 1860s. After a career as an artillery officer in the Swedish army, Gripenstedt entered the upper chamber of the Riksdag (estates assembly; after 1865, the modern Swedish Parliament), in which he became the country’s leading advocate of economic liberalism. While serving as minister without portfolio from 1848 to 1850 and from 1852 to ...(100 of 193 words)

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