Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (24 June 1611 – 5 December 1657) was a Count and a Swedish statesman.

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Axel Oxenstierna Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (; 1583–1654), Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a c ...

, he was born in

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. He completed his studies at

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in 1633, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the

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and Great Britain. He served under his brother-in-law Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg in the

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from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various

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s, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes. He was one of the commissioners who signed the

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of 1635 with Poland (

Armistice of Stuhmsdorf The Treaty of Stuhmsdorf ( sv, Stilleståndet i Stuhmsdorf), or Sztumska Wieś ( pl, Rozejm w Sztumskiej Wsi), was a treaty signed on 12 September 1635 between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire in the village of Stuhmsd ...

Treaty of Sztumska Wieś The Treaty of Stuhmsdorf ( sv, Stilleståndet i Stuhmsdorf), or Sztumska Wieś ( pl, Rozejm w Sztumskiej Wsi), was a treaty signed on 12 September 1635 between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire in the village of Stuhmsd ...

), and in 1639, much against his father's will, was made a

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. Along with Salvius he represented Sweden at the great peace congress of Osnabrück, but as he received his instructions direct from his father, whereas Salvius was in the confidence of Queen Christina, the two "legates" were constantly at variance. From 1650 to 1652 he was

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. King Charles X Gustav made him Marshal of the Realm.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxenstierna, Johan 1611 births 1657 deaths Politicians from Stockholm Johan Marshals of the Realm Swedish diplomats Uppsala University alumni 17th-century Swedish politicians

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