Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm

Count Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm was a Swedish diplomat and Lieutenant general. A close friend and confidant to King Oscar I, he had a distinguished military career fighting in major coalition engagements of the Napoleonic Wars—including the Battle of Borodino and the Battle of Leipzig, later commanding Swedish-Norwegian troops on Funen during the First Schleswig War. As a diplomat, he served as Sweden's minister to the Ottoman Empire, where he negotiated a Black Sea maritime treaty, and spent over a decade as the envoy to the imperial court in Vienna. In his later career, he served as the County Governor of Gothenburg and Bohus County.

Occupation

diplomat, painter, politician, military personnel

Position held

governor of Gothenburg and Bohus County, commanding officer, military attaché

Citizenship

Sweden

Born

January 30, 1790

Died

May 18, 1858