Axel Otto Mörner

Count Axel Otto Mörner (8 June 1774 – 20 October 1852) was a Swedish artist and general.


Axel Otto Mörner
A self-portrait of Axel Otto Mörner
Birth nameAxel Otto Mörner
Born(1774-06-08)8 June 1774
Lekaryd Parish, Småland, Sweden
Died20 October 1852(1852-10-20) (aged 78)
Eksjö Parish, Småland, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Service/branchSwedish Army
Years of service1777–1840
RankLieutenant general
Battles/warsDano-Swedish War of 1808–09
AwardsPour le Mérite
Spouse(s)
(m. after 1801)
Other workMinister of War (1840–43)
Axel Mörner painting.

Family

Mörner was born in Lekaryd Parish in Jönköping County, Sweden and was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Count Carl Gustaf Mörner and Sofia Elisabet Steuch. He was the brother of Hampus Mörner, Charlotta Mörner, Gustaf Fredrik Mörner and Carl Stellan Mörner.[1]

Personal life

On 4 October 1801 he married Ebba Modée at Rosersberg Palace.[2]

References

  1. H G-m. "Mörner, släkt" [Mörner, kinship]. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. Mörner, Magnus. "Axel O Mörner". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
Government offices
Preceded by
Bror Cederström
Minister of War
1840–1843
Succeeded by
Arfved Lovisin
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