Hans Järta

Hans Järta (born Feb. 11, 1774, Husby, Sweden—died April 6, 1847, Uppsala) was a Swedish political activist, administrator, and publicist who was a leader of the 1809 coup d’état that overthrew Gustav IV, king of Sweden. He was the main author of Sweden’s constitution (1809). In the 1790s Hans Hierta began his career as a publicist and a left-wing member of the noble estate of the Riksdag (estates general). In sympathy with the French Revolution...