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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: John Ericsson, Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Sidney Smith, Axel von Fersen the Younger, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Johan August Gripenstedt, Fritz Cronman, Jan Bjorklund, John Ross, Curt von Stedingk, Arvid Lindman, Jahleel Brenton, Louis Palander, Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, Johann Patkul, Tony Stigsson, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten, Per Brahe the Younger, Viktor Balck, Georg Carl von Dobeln, Jonas Lidstromer, Mans Nilsson Kling, Leonard Gyllenhaal, Johan Papegoja, John Alexis Edgren, Torsten Stalhandske, Nils Mesterton, Michael Bille, Nils Ericson, Peter Hollander Ridder, Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Joachim Zachris Duncker, Hakan Syren, Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Natanael Berg, Stig Bergling, Gustav of Vasaborg, Johann Diedrich Longe, Baltzar von Dahlheim, Aleksander Kostka Napierski, Bo Pellnas, Carl Nieroth, Johan Printzenskold, Martin Eugen Ekstrom, Torsten Stalnacke, Nils Lorens Sjoberg, Axel Rappe, Carl Pontus Gahn, Otto Ottoson Vellingk, Johan Bergenstrahle, Friedrich von Arensdorff, Magnus Brahe, Mats Danielsson, Carl Lowenhielm, Jonas Waern, Henrik Horn, Axel Gyllenkrok, Ernst Killander, Sven Aderman, Gustaf Oscar Peyron, Pehr Adlerfelt. Excerpt: Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (15 October 1622 - 26 April 1686) was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five offices counted as the Great Officers of the Realm, namely Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Chancellor and Lord High Steward. He also served as Governor-General in the Swedish dominion of Livonia. Jacob De la GardieMagnus Gabriel De la Gardie was born on 15 October, 1622. The place of his birth was Reval (present-day Tallinn), Estonia, which at the time was a Swedish dominion where Magnus Gabriel's father Jacob De la Gardi..