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Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled. 
Oxenstierna, Count Axel Gustafsson
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Count Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (helpinfo) (June 16, 1583 August 28, 1654), Lord High Chancellor of Sweden, was born at Fn in Uplandia, and received his education with his brothers at the universities of Rostock, Jena and Wittenberg. On returning home in 1603 he took up an appointment as kammarjunker to King Charles IX of Sweden. In 1606 he undertook his first diplomatic mission, to Mecklenburg, gained appointment to the Privy Council (Riksrdet) during his absence, and henceforth became one of the king's most trusted servants. In 1610 he travelled to Copenhagen with the aim of preventing war with Denmark, but unsuccessfully. This embassy has importance as marking the beginning of Oxenstierna's long diplomatic struggle with Sweden's traditional rival in the west, which he regarded as his country's most formidable enemy throughout his life. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version.
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