Georg Adlersparre

Count Georg Adlersparre (March 28, 1760 – September 23, 1835) was a Swedish army commander.

Biography
Adlersparre was born in Hovermo (now a part of Berg Municipality, Jämtland County). Having entered the army at the age of 15, he received from King Gustav III, in 1791, a secret commission to excite the Norwegians to rebellion. After the death of the king, he left the army and devoted himself to science. In 1797-1801, he published a periodical läsing i blandade Ämnen, and the liberal spirit in which he conducted it brought upon him the suspicions of the government.

In 1802, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

In 1809 he joined the military campaign against Russia, and he unexpectedly received the command of a part of the so-called western army, and was shortly afterwards promoted to the post of lieutenant-colonel. He was engaged in the conspiracy with Carl Johan Adlercreutz against Gustav IV and triggered the revolution by marching with his army to Stockholm. He received the thanks and of the diet he was granted several honors that eventually included the granting of the title of count and provisioned governor general which he resigned in 1824. Having received the command of the army from the new government, he was commissioned to excite the Norwegians against Denmark, in which he was unsuccessful.

After the sudden death of the crown prince he retired from public life, but still continued to receive marks of royal favor, notwithstanding the liberality of his sentiments. In 1831 he was involved in a controversy for publishing secret state documents and his private correspondence with various Swedish princes, actions for which he remained unrepentant (he continued published more papers). He died in Värmland in 1835.

Family
His oldest son, Carl August Adlersparre, distinguished himself as a poet and an historian