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Georg Heinrich, baron von Görtz
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Born 1668 • Franconia • Germany
Died March 12, 1719 (aged 51) • Stockholm • Sweden

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Görtz, portrait by an unknown artist; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
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Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
Swedish statesman
Axel, Count Oxenstierna
chancellor of Sweden
Branting, detail from an oil painting by Richard Bergh; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
Karl Hjalmar Branting
Swedish statesman
Bengt Gabrielsson, Count Oxenstierna
Swedish statesman
Bernadotte, Folke, Greve
Greve Folke Bernadotte
Swedish diplomat
Hans Axel von Fersen, portrait by an unknown artist; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Hans Axel von Fersen
Swedish politician
Stefan Löfven
Stefan Löfven
prime minister of Sweden
Carl Tessin, detail from a portrait by Jacques-André-Joseph (Camelot) Aved; in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Carl Gustaf, Count Tessin
Swedish statesman and writer
Alva Myrdal.
Alva Reimer Myrdal
Swedish diplomat
Johan, Count Gyllenstierna
Swedish statesman
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Swedish politician
Freiherr von Pufendorf
Samuel, baron von Pufendorf
German jurist and historian
Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
Silvia
queen consort of Sweden
Matthäus Lang
German statesman and cardinal
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar.
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar
duke of Saxe-Weimar
Christopher III
king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
Straus, Oscar Solomon
Oscar Solomon Straus
United States statesman
Carl Bildt
prime minister of Sweden
Gustav Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden