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Which position did Hugo Grotius accept from Swedish chancellor Axel Oxenstierna in 1634?

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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing. — Hugo Grotius Portrait of Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius), oil on panel by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, 1631; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

In 1634, the Swedish chancellor Axel, Count Oxenstierna offered Hugo Grotius the position of Swedish ambassador in Paris. Grotius accepted this appointment along with Swedish citizenship.1