Oxenstierna
or Ox·en·stjer·na
[ ook-suhn-sher-nah ]
/ ˈʊk sənˌʃɛr nɑ /
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noun
Count Ax·el [ahk-suhl], /ˈɑk səl/, 1583–1654, Swedish statesman.
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Oxenstierna
Oxenstjerna
/ (Swedish ˈuksənʃæːrna) /
noun
Count Axel (ˈaksəl). 1583–1654, Swedish statesman. He was chancellor (1612–54) and successfully directed Swedish foreign policy for most of the Thirty Years' War
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