Lars von Engeström
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Count Lars von Engeström<ref>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)</ref> (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 Template:Ill and brother of Template:Ill, Template:Ill, Gustaf, Template:Ill, Maria Beata, Ulrika, and Template:Ill von Engeström.
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External links
- Lars von Engeström - Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (in Swedish)
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- 1751 births
- 1826 deaths
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 18th-century Swedish nobility
- 19th-century Swedish politicians
- Ambassadors of Sweden to the Holy Roman Empire
- Ambassadors of Sweden to Poland
- Ambassadors of Sweden to the United Kingdom
- Gustavian era people
- Knights of the Order of Charles XIII
- Diplomats from Stockholm