About Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre
Lived 1802 – 1886 (aged 83). Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre was a Swedish politician, civil servant and judge.
Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre af Söfdeborg (4 September 1802 – 26 April 1886) was a Swedish statesman and jurist who served as Prime Minister for Justice from 1848 to 1856. Following his premiership, Sparre served as Marshal of the Realm. He initially represented Swedish nobility in the Riksdag of the Estates from 1828 to 1866, and later Kopparberg in the bicameral Riksdag from 1867 to 1875.
Biography Sparre was born in 1802 into the comital af Söfdeborg branch of the House of Sparre. He enrolled at Uppsala University in 1816 and graduated in 1823, after which he began his career as a jurist.
In 1848 Sparre was chosen as Prime Minister for Justice, and had to deal with the Revolutions of 1848 as well as the reactionary response in the subsequent years.
Orders and decorations
Knight and Commander of the Orders of His Majesty (Order of the Seraphim) Grand Cross of the Order of S:t Olav Knight of the Order of the Elephant
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Who was Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre?
Swedish politician (1802–1886)
When was Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre born?
Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre was born on 4 September 1802 in Torrlösa parish.
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Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre died on 26 April 1886 in Klara Church Parish.
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Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre was a politician, civil servant and judge.
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Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre was Swedish.
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