Arvid Horn

Field Marshal and Count Arvid Bernhard Horn (April 6, 1664 – April 17, 1742) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish empire during the period of Sweden-Finland. He was born in Vuorentaka, Finland, of a noble but indigent Horn family. Arvid Horn - Soldier and diplomat. After completing his studies at Åbo, he entered the Swedish Army and served for several years in the Netherlands, in Hungary under Prince Eugene, and in Flanders under Wa ...

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He was elected lantmarskalk, for the Caps at the Riksdag of 1720, and contributed, on the resignation of Ulrika Eleonora, to the election of Frederick of Hesse as king of Sweden, whose first act was to restore to him to the Privy Council and as President of its Chancellery, in effect as Prime Minister. For the next eighteen years he so absolutely controlled both the foreign and the domestic affairs of Sweden that the period between 1720 and 1738 has well been called the Horn period. His services to his country were indeed inestimable. His st ...

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1664 - Events. March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. August 1 - The Ottoman Empire is defeated in the Battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli, resulting in the Peace of Vasvár. September 24 - Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrenders New Amsterdam to an English naval squadron commanded by Colonel Richard Nicolls. 1664 - Births. January 4 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) ...

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April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. April 17 - Events. 1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. 1492 - Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices. 1521 - Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings. 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazano ...

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April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). There are 269 days remaining. April 6 - Events. 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks. 402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia 1320 - The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. 1327 - The poet Petrarch first saw his idealized love Laura in the church of Saint Claire ...

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1742 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths 1742 - Events. January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. February 16 - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great B ...

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Count Arvid Horn, leader of the Caps and until 1738 the leader of government had reversed the traditional policy of Sweden by keeping France at a distance and drawing near to Great Britain. A twenty years' war was succeeded by a twenty years' peace, during which the nation recovered so rapidly from its wounds that it began to forget them. A new race of politicians was springing up. Since 1719, when the influence of the few great territorial families had been merged in a multitude of needy gentlemen, the first estate had become the nursery an ...

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Hats party, Hats party - Policy, Hats party - Majority leaders

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The words 'Senate' and 'Senator' are often used incorrectly as having the same meaning as 'Council' and 'Councillor'. 'Privy Council' in this context, is an absolute aberration. The word 'råd' in Swedish has a dual meaning, both the advisor and the advice given, but 'council' is entirely different from 'Senate'. The Senators of the Realm had the highest rank in the Kingdom after the Royal family and were styled the Kings Cousins. A councillor might be found in a range of circumstances; City councillor and so on. Also, the 1809 name for the Swedish Government was ' ...

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Privy Council of Sweden, Privy Council of Sweden - Modern Sweden, Privy Council of Sweden - Parliamentarism vs. Absolute Monarchy, Privy Council of Sweden - The Constitution of 1809, Privy Council of Sweden - The Constitution of 1974, Privy Council of Sweden - List of Lords High Chancellor and Presidents of the Chancellery from the advent of Absolutism in 1680 to 1809

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Charles XI of Sweden had carefully provided against the contingency of his successor's minority; and the five regents appointed by him, if not great statesmen, were at least practical politicians who ha not been trained in his austere school in vain. At home the "Reduktion" was cautiously pursued, while abroad the successful conclusion of the great peace congress at Ryswick was justly regarded as a signal triumph of Sweden's pacific diplomacy. The young king was full of promise, and had he been permitted gradually to gain experience and deve ...

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Sweden after the Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Age of Liberty, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Arvid Horn, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Hats and Caps, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Pomeranian War

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The foremost representative of the Age of Liberty, leader of government and of the Caps from 1719 to 1738 was the Chancery President, Count Arvid Horn. Horn reversed the traditional policy of Hats and Sweden by keeping France at a distance and drawing near to Great Britain, for whose liberal institutions he professed the highest admiration. Thus a twenty years' war was succeeded by a twenty years' peace, during which the nation recovered so rapidly from its ...

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Caps party, Caps party - Policy, Caps party - Majority leaders

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King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (1751-1771) would have given even less trouble than his predecessor but for the ambitious promptings of his masterful consort Louisa Ulrika, Frederick the Great's sister, and the tyranny of the estates, who seemed bent upon driving the meekest of princes into rebellion. An attempted monarchical revolution, planned by the queen and a few devoted young nobles in 1756, was easily and remorselessly crushed; and, though the un ...

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Sweden after the Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Age of Liberty, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Arvid Horn, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Hats and Caps, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Pomeranian War

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See also: Hats' Russian War The policy of the Hats was a return to the traditional alliance between France and Sweden. When Sweden descended to a position of a second-rate power the French - alliance became too costly a luxury. Horn had clearly perceived this; and his cautious neutrality was therefore the soundest statesmanship. But the politicians who had ousted Horn thought differently. To them prosperity without glory was a worthless possession. They aimed at restoring Sweden to her former position as a great power. France, ...

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Sweden after the Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Age of Liberty, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Arvid Horn, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Hats and Caps, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Pomeranian War

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Following the change of policies upon the death of Gustavus Adolphus in action at Lützen in 1632, the 1634 Constitution of Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna laid the foundation for the administration of modern Sweden. For instance, the subdivision into Län Counties is a legacy from this time. From 1634, the Senate was headed by the five Great Officers of the Realm, each leading a branch of government: Lord Chief Justice (Riksdrots) Lord High Constable (Riksmarsk) Lord High Admiral (Riksamiral) Lord High Chancellor (Rikskansler) ...

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Privy Council of Sweden, Privy Council of Sweden - Modern Sweden, Privy Council of Sweden - Parliamentarism vs. Absolute Monarchy, Privy Council of Sweden - The Constitution of 1809, Privy Council of Sweden - The Constitution of 1974, Privy Council of Sweden - List of Lords High Chancellor and Presidents of the Chancellery from the advent of Absolutism in 1680 to 1809

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Early in 1720 Charles XII's sister, Ulrika Eleonora, who had been elected queen of Sweden immediately after his death, was permitted to abdicate in favour of her husband Frederick the prince of Hesse, who was elected king 1720 under the title of Frederick I of Sweden; and Sweden was, at the same time, converted into the most limited of monarchies. All power was vested in the people as represented by the Riksdag, consisting, as before, of four distinct estates, nobles, priests, burgesses and peasants, sitting and deliberating apart. The confl ...

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Sweden after the Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Age of Liberty, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Arvid Horn, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Hats and Caps, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Pomeranian War

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On June 6, 1809 a new Constitution was adopted, and while the King named the Statsråd: the Council of State, the legislative powers of Government were once again shared with the Estates. The Statsråd had nine members - also called Statsråd - the leading members being the Justitie-Statsminster, the Minister of State for Justice and the Statsministern för Utrikes Ärendena, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The departmental reform of 1840 created seven departments or ministries headed by a Statsråd - a return of sorts to 1634. In 1866 the 4 ...

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Privy Council of Sweden, Privy Council of Sweden - Modern Sweden, Privy Council of Sweden - Parliamentarism vs. Absolute Monarchy, Privy Council of Sweden - The Constitution of 1809, Privy Council of Sweden - The Constitution of 1974, Privy Council of Sweden - List of Lords High Chancellor and Presidents of the Chancellery from the advent of Absolutism in 1680 to 1809

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King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (1751-1771) would have given even less trouble than his predecessor but for the ambitious promptings of his masterful consort Louisa Ulrika, Frederick the Great's sister, and the tyranny of the estates, who seemed bent upon driving the meekest of princes into rebellion. An attempted monarchical revolution, planned by the queen and a few devoted young nobles in 1756, was easily and remorselessly crushed; and, though the unhappy king did not, as he anticipated, share the fate of Charles Stuart, he was humiliated ...

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Sweden after the Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Great Northern War, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Age of Liberty, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Arvid Horn, Sweden after the Great Northern War - Hats and Caps, Sweden after the Great Northern War - The Pomeranian War

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