Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
Swedish noble and poet
Died when: 68 years 10 days (816 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Count Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (19 July 1750 – 29 July 1818) was considered one of the foremost Swedish poets of the Gustavian period.A prominent courtier during the reign of King Gustav III of Sweden, he was also a politician, diplomat and member of the Swedish Academy, holding seat number 8.
On several occasions he was a member of the Swedish Government and Parliament.Amongst other things, Oxenstierna is also known for his translation into Swedish of John Milton's epic blank verse poem Paradise Lost.
Related People
Swedish noble
Swedish noble
Swedish noble
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License