Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
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Baron Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten was a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten. He is most famous as one of the leaders of the Revolution of 1772, t
Portrait by Carl Friedrich Bender, c. 1770–1780
Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten. Painting by Peter Adolf Hall.
Revolution of 1772
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The Revolution of 1772, also known as The Bloodless Revolution or the Coup of Gustav III, was a Swedish coup d'état performed by King Gustav III on 19 August 1772 to introduce a division of power betw
Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
…1786) was a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten. He is most famous as one of the leaders of the Revolution of 1772, the coup d'état that ended the age of constitutional monarchy in Sweden known as the Age of Liberty and ushered in the period of absolute monarchy…
Gustav III initiating the coup in 1772.