Arvid Horn

Count Arvid Bernhard Horn (April 6, 1664 – April 17, 1742) was a Swedish statesman. He was born at Vuorentaka in Finland of a noble but indigent family.

Politician

In 1705 he was made a Privy Councillor, in 1706 a count and in 1707 governor of Charles XII's nephew, the young duke Charles Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp. In 1710 he succeeded Nils Gyldenstolpe as President of the Privy Council Chancellery. Transferred to the central point of the administration, he had ample opportunity of regarding with other eyes the situation of the kingdom, and in consequence of his remonstrances he fell rapidly in the favour of Charles XII. Both in 1710 and 1713 Horn was in favour of summoning the Estates, but when in 1714 the diet adopted an anti-monarchical attitude, he gravely warned and ultimately dissolved it. In Charles XII's later years Horn had little to do with the administration. After the death of Charles XII, in 1718 it was Horn who persuaded the princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden to relinquish her hereditary claims and submit to be elected queen of Sweden. He protested against the queen's autocratic behaviour, and resigned from the Privy Council.

Related Topics:
1705 - 1706 - 1707 - Holstein-Gottorp - 1710 - Nils Gyldenstolpe - Privy Council - 1713 - Estates - 1714 - 1718 - Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden

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