Johan August, Baron Gripenstedt

Johan August, Baron Gripenstedt (born August 11, 1813, Holstein [now in Germany]—died July 13, 1874, Stockholm, Sweden) was a politician who initiated and guided Sweden’s transition to a capitalist economy. He also played a decisive part in turning Sweden away from a Pan-Scandinavian foreign policy in the 1860s. After a career as an artillery officer in the Swedish army, Gripenstedt entered the upper chamber of the Riksdag (estates assembly; after 1865, the modern Swedish Parliament),...