Baron Albrecht Elof Ihre (6 October 1797 – 9 August 1877) was a Swedish diplomat and politician who served as Swedish-Norwegian prime minister of foreign affairs 1840-1848 (acting 1840–1842). Ihre was employed in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1823, serving as secretary of the Swedish legation in

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from 1824, and

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there from 1827. He was appointed state secretary for foreign affairs in 1831. Ihre became Swedish

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from 1840, and also served as acting Swedish- Norwegian prime minister of foreign affairs 1840–1842, and was Swedish-Norwegian prime minister of foreign affairs 1842–1848. Ihre, who was a grandson of the philologist

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, was elected a member of the

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in 1842, was awarded the title of

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in 1843 and a knighthood of the

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in 1846. He was elected a member of the

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in 1849, having previously declined twice, but did not take his seat and resigned from the academy in 1859.

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*''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', vol. 19 (1971-1973), p. 760. 1797 births 1877 deaths Government ministers of Norway Swedish politicians Diplomats for Sweden 19th-century Swedish nobility Members of the Swedish Academy Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Ministers of education and ecclesiastical affairs of Sweden {{Sweden-politician-stub