The Instrument of Government of 1634 was a document describing the form and operation of the Swedish government, retrospectively regarded as the country's first constitution, although it was not inten
Axel Oxenstierna, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden and architect of the 1634 Instrument of Government.
King Charles XI, who in 1680 persuaded the Riksdag to repudiate the Instrument of Government and accept an absolute monarchy.
Axel Oxenstierna
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Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his dea
Instrument of Government (1634)
…retrospectively regarded as the country's first constitution, although it was not intended to function as such. It was composed by the Lord High Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna, and was adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates (Swedish Parliament) on 29 July 1634. It was rendered void when the Riksdag repudiated it in 1680. After…
Unknown painter after M. van Mierevelt Portrait of Axel Ochsenstierna
Axel Oxenstierna in 1626
King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Queen Christina of Sweden