Baron Sten Carl Bielke, born 14 March 1709 in

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; died 13 July 1753, was a Swedish '' Friherre'',

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and member of the House of Nobility of the Swedish Diet. His father was the ''Landshövding'' Baron Ture Stensson Bielke and his mother was Ursula Kristina Törne. Bielke was together with

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a founding member of the

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, which was founded in 1739.Vetenskapsakademin
in ''Nordisk familjebok'' (2nd edition, 1921) He was a patron of the scholar Pehr Kalm. He received a private education and started his career as an amanuensis at the Royal Library (''Kungliga biblioteket'') in

. He eventually became a Justice of the '' hovrätt'' (

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) in Åbo (Turku, in present-day

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). He was also politically active in the Caps.

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