Oxenstierna

American  

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

Or Oxenstjerna

noun

1. Count Axel 1583–1654, Swedish statesman.

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Oxenstierna British  

/ ˈuksənʃæːrna /

noun

1. 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

But the desire aroused by Usselinx for a Swedish colonial empire was revived in the reign of his infant daughter, Christina, by the celebrated Swedish Chancellor, Oxenstierna.

From The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware by Fisher, Sydney George

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 Edmundson, George

He left in Oxenstierna the greatest statesman and diplomatist of the age.

From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin

Union of Heilbronn; consolidation of the Protestant interests by Oxenstierna.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter