Axel Otto Mörner

Lieutenant general
Count

Axel Otto Mörner
A self-portrait of Axel Otto Mörner
Born
Axel Otto Mörner

(1774-06-08)8 June 1774
Lekaryd Parish, Småland, Sweden
Died20 October 1852(1852-10-20) (aged 78)
Eksjö Parish, Småland, Sweden
Allegiance Sweden
Branch
Swedish Army
Service years
1777–1840
Rank
Lieutenant general
Conflicts
AwardsPour le Mérite
Spouse
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(m. 1801)​
Other workMinister of War (1840–43)
Axel Mörner painting.

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

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.
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