Johan Georg Lillienberg (1713 – 1798) was a

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count and politician who was appointed as

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in 1746. In 1749, he became Governor of

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, and in 1757 Governor of

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. Lillienberg was made a baron in 1766 and a count in 1778. In 1768, Lillienberg was elected a member of the

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. He died at his manor

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1713 births 1798 deaths 18th-century Swedish nobility Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Governors of Uppsala County {{Sweden-bio-stub