Johan Didrik af Wingård

Johan Didrik af Wingård (né Wingård; 14 November 1778 - 21 February 1854) was a Swedish statesman, military official and illustrator who served as the first Swedish Minister of Finance from 1840 to 1842 and Chief of the Artillery Staff from 1813 to 1814.

Early life Johan af Wingård was born 14 November 1778 in Stockholm, Sweden, a late son of the statesman Johan Wingård and noblewomen Fredrika af Darelli. His older brother, Archbishop Carl Fredrik af Wingård, was also a Lord of the Realm.

In 1793, he enrolled as a student of Uppsala University, studying state affairs, military affairs and theology.

Military service In 1793, he enlisted in the Army of Sweden and became, sergeant at Stedingkska Regiment, a non-commissioned officer. with a red chalk drawing of a study head of a bearded man.

Literature Wingård published several works, including Militäriska paradoxer (Military Paradoxes, 1809), Uppsats om artilleriundervisningen (Essay on Artillery Education, 1816), Håkan Westgöthe, Läsning för menige man (Håkan Westgöthe, Reading for Commoners, 1828), Minnen af Händelser och Förhållanden under en lång lifstid (Memoirs of Events and Circumstances During a Long Lifetime, 1846–1850), and En Pietists resa till sin Graf, Allegorisk imitation (A Pietist's Journey to His Grave, Allegorical Imitation, 1851).

Later life On 21 February 1854, he died childless in Stockholm, thereby ending both his own family and the entire noble lineage on the male side. He was buried at the Tölö Churchyard.

Private life He owned the estate of Edsgatan in the rural parish of Karlstad. He was married on August 18, 1810, at Partille in the parish of the same name in Göteborg and Bohus County to Fredrika Björnberg, from whom he was later divorced. She was born on January 21, 1793, and died on April 5, 1859, in Stockholm. She was the daughter of Niklas Björnberg, a merchant in Gothenburg and a councillor of commerce, and Anna Maria Jönsson.