Gustaf, Baron Bonde

Gustaf, Baron Bonde (born Feb. 4, 1620, Esplunda, Swed.—died May 25, 1667, Hamburg [Germany]) was a statesman and one of the regents ruling Sweden during the minority of the Swedish king Charles XI, whose fiscal policies foreshadowed the king’s later key reforms. After becoming governor of the province of Södermanland (1648) and a privy councillor (1653), Bonde was chosen lord treasurer and a member of the regency council (1660). He reduced state expenditures and presented...