Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (born 1719)

Axel von Fersen the Elder

18th-century Swedish lantmarskalk or marshal of the diet

Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen was a Swedish statesman and soldier of Baltic German descent. He served as Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates, and although he worked closely with King Gustav III before and through the Revolution of 1772, he later opposed the king.