Carl Johan Adlercreutz

Count Carl Johan Adlercreutz (* April 27, 1757 in Porvoo, Finland, † August 21, 1815 in Stockholm) was a Swedish general.

He joined the army in 1770 in a. At the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790 he was the main man, but received only a few years later a regiment. When Russia attacked Finland in February 1808, which caused the Russo- Swedish War of 1808-1809, he was promoted to brigadier boss, took under Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor at the battles of Siikajoki (April 18 ) and Savolax (April 28, in the south of Finland ) in part, led the led by the superiority of the Russians retreat of the Swedish army after Uleåborg and struck on June 24, the Russian general Jankowitsch at Nykarleby. Having been beaten but on September 2 at Kuortane and on September 14 at Oravais by the Russians under Kamensky, he was forced to retreat to Ny - Kokkola.

Because of its proven in the Finnish war bravery and patriotism he stood upon his return to Sweden in high esteem. Because of the confidence of the people it was he who led the revolt against King Gustav IV Adolf. On March 13, 1809, he arrested the king, who was deposed later the Reichstag. The new king, Charles XIII. , It appointed him to lieutenant general. In 1813, he served in the northern army under the Crown Prince as Chief of the General Staff. After he had taken part in the brief campaign in 1814 to Norway, he was elevated to the rank of count.

Carl Johan Adlercreutz died on 21 August 1815.

Runeberg sat Adlercreutz in the poem Adlercreutz from the famous collection of poems Ensign steel a literary monument.

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  • Military person (Sweden)
  • Swede
  • Born in 1757
  • Died in 1815
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