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Swedish statesman and diplomat
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Count Lars von Engeström
Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1809–1824
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byGustaf af Wetterstedt
Personal details
Born(1751-12-24)24 December 1751
Stockholm, Sweden
Died19 August 1826(1826-08-19) (aged 74)
Jankowice
SpouseRozalia Drya-Chłapowska
ChildrenStanislaus von Engeström

Count Lars von Engeström (24 December 1751 – 19 August 1826) was a Swedish statesman and diplomat. He served as the first Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1809 to 1824, and as the Chancellor of Lund University from 1810 to 1824.

He served as envoy in Vienna from 1782 to 1787, Warsaw from 1788 to 1792, London from 1793 to 1795, and ambassador in Vienna from 1795.

He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1810.

He was the son of Bishop Johan Engeström [sv] and brother of Jacob [sv], Jonas [sv], Gustaf, Johan [sv], Maria Beata, Ulrika, and Adolph [sv] von Engeström.

References and notes

  1. The official English translation of the Treaty of Orebro 18 July 1812 translates his name from French as Lawrence Baron d'Engeström (British and Foreign State Papers, Volume 1 Part 1 (1812-1814), published by the Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1841. p. 15)

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Preceded byOffice created Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
1809–1826 		Succeeded byGustaf af Wetterstedt
Cultural offices
Preceded by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Seat No. 342
1810–1826 		Succeeded by


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