I. Georg, count, a Swedish soldier and statesman, born March 28, 1760, died Sept. 23, 1835. He enjoyed the confidence of Gustavus III., after whose death (1792) he retired from the army, and edited from 1797 to 1801 a periodical, Lasning i blan-dade Amnen, the liberal politics of which gave umbrage to the government. In 1809 he joined in the campaign against Russia, as well as in the conspiracy which culminated on March 13 in the arrest and deposition of Gustavus IV. He had insisted upon the consummation of this event without bloodshed and revolutionary commotion. On May 1, 1809, he received the public thanks of the diet, and was promoted to various high dignities, eventually including that of count and provincial governor general, which latter post he resigned in 1824. He was fined in 1831 for having published secret state papers and his private personal correspondence with Swedish princes, but protested against the injustice of the punishment and persisted in the publication (Handlingar rorande Sreriges aldre och nyare historia, 9 vols., Stockholm, 1830-33).

II. Karl August, count, an author, eldest son of the preceding, born in 1810, died in 1862. Like his father, he possessed poetical talent, and published various novels and lyrical effusions under the name of Albano. His reputation rests on his historical works, entitled 180!) Ars Revolution, and 1809 och 1810 Tidstaflor (respectively 2 and 3 vols., Stockholm, 1849), and Anteckningar om bortgdngna Samtida (3 vols., 1860-'62).