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Axel Nilsson Ryning, born 1552, died 8 January 1620, was a Swedish Lord High Admiral, Marshal, Councilor, and Baron to Tuna farm in Österåker parish in the current Österåker municipality in
Axel Nilsson Ryning, born 1552, died 8 January 1620, was a Swedish Lord High Admiral, Marshal, Councilor, and Baron to Tuna farm in Österåker parish in the current Österåker municipality in Österskär
Österskär is eastern part of Åkersberga, Österåker Municipality in Sweden. It hosts the terminal station of the Stockholm suburban railway Roslagsbanan.
The area is located in a hilly peninsula between Tunaviken and Sätterfjärden northwe ...
in Ã…kersberga
Åkersberga is a locality and the seat of Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 28,033 inhabitants in 2010.
History
In 1901 a railway station named ''Berga'' was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from Stockholm. Some ...
, Stockholm county
Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stoc ...
. Son of Nils Eriksson Ryning and Ingeborg Trolle.
Biography
Ryning was one ofGustav II Adolf
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's guardians and married to Margareta Bielke, daughter of Claes Nilsson Bielke and Elin Fleming.
His activities began immediately after the death of John III of Sweden, Johan III, when he was appointed to Duke Charles' council in 1592 and in the same year mediated reconciliation between the duke and the six councilors, who in 1590 were arrested for forging stamps.
On his departure in 1594, Sigismund appointed Erik Brahe, who was a Catholic, as governor of Stockholm
The Governor of Stockholm ( sv, överståthållaren) was the head of the Office of the Governor of Stockholm ( sv, Överståthållarämbetet, ÖÄ), and as such he was the highest Swedish State official overseeing the affairs in the City of Stock ...
. In 1599, Erik Brahe was replaced by Axel Ryning and Carl Sture.
Three years later he was appointed Councilor and Admiral by the Duke and was, along with several other Swedish gentlemen, a part of The Council of State which was at the peace meeting with the Danes in Flaksjöbäck the same year 1602. Gustaf II Adolf rewarded Ryning's accomplishments by elevating him to Marshal and Lagman which was recorded in Södermanland's 1611 law saga.
At the king's coronation in 1617, Ryning was knighted.
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