Oxenstierna

American

[ook-suhn-sher-nah] / ˈʊk sənˌʃɛr nɑ /

Or Oxenstjerna

noun

Count Axel 1583–1654, Swedish statesman.

Oxenstierna British

/ 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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Oxenstierna

The Swede who won last week, Count Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, did it without placing first in any of the five events.

From Time Magazine Archive

It lies in the hands of Gustavus Adolphus and Oxenstierna, Swedes; of Wallenstein, a Bohemian; of--I know not who will be the next foreigner.'

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman

Outward peace was precariously maintained between the Scandinavian powers, when the seizure of a number of Swedish ships in the Sound in 1643 made Oxenstierna resolve upon a bold stroke.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson

Wise old scouts like Sully, Oxenstierna and Plombal who did the real work and let the cloth-of-gold opera-tenor kings and potentates prance around in the lime-light, they took Neale's fancy too.

From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield

The death of Gustavus made no difference to the position of Louis de Geer in Sweden, for he found Axel Oxenstierna a warm friend and powerful supporter.

From History of Holland by George Edmundson

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