Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, also: Gustav Adolph Reuterholm (* July 7, 1756 in Siuntio ( swedish Sjundeå ) in Finland, † December 27, 1813 in Schleswig ) was a Swedish Count and statesman.
Reuterholm had a significant influence on Swedish politics in the time when Gustav IV Adolf was immature. As a confidant of the regent Duke Charles, he led the so-called "regime Reuterholm ". His reign began with the abolition of Gustav III. censorship adopted by 1792, he introduced the right to freedom of the press. In the course of his tenure, however, was characterized by a violent reaction against the Enlightenment and the ideals of the French Revolution. One of his most famous actions was the closure of the academies Svenska ( Swedish Academy ) from 1795 to 1796.
When Gustav IV Adolf took on 1 November 1796, the state affairs into their own hands, Reuterholm was expelled from Stockholm. In the following years he kept mainly to the country. After the arrest of the king by Carl Johan Adlercreutz in 1809 Reuterholm returned, but he was denied, Charles XIII. to meet. He left the country again and died three years later. Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm was buried in the Cathedral of Strängnäs.
Reuterholm was a Mason and one of the first members of the Swedish Equestrian Order of Charles XIII ..
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- Lexicon entry in Nordisk familjebok (1876-1926) ( Swedish)