Axel Oxenstierna Quotes
Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
Axel Oxenstierna, 1583-1654, Swedish Statesman, Letter to his son, 1648
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Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (Swedish: [ˈǎksɛl ˈʊ̂ksɛnˌɧæːɳa] (listen); 1583–1654), Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of first Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina.
