death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor children imagesize article_title office birth_date term_start residence signature image spouse term_end name occupation
28 august 1654 stockholm , sweden svante turesson bielke office created office created fånö , uppland , sweden erik oxenstierna ? office abolished gustaf christina oxenstierna , beata oxenstierna , barbro oxenstierna , Åke oxenstierna oxenstierna , maria oxenstierna , gabriel oxenstierna , jakob oxenstierna , , erik oxenstierna johan oxenstierna , catharina oxenstierna , 200px axel oxenstierna
 lord ' governor-general of riga governor-general of prussia high chancellor of sweden '' ` rikskansler '' 16 june 1583 1612 1622 1626 tidö castle axel oxenstierna -lrb- signature -rrb- . png axel oxenstierna 1635.jpg anna Åkesdotter bååt 1654 1626 1631 '' count '' axel oxenstierna statesman
axel oxenstierna

axel gustafsson oxenstierna af södermöre -lrb- ; 1583 -- 1654 -rrb- , 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 .
oxenstierna is widely considered one of the most influential people in swedish history .
he played an important role during the thirty years ' war and was appointed governor-general of occupied prussia ; he is also credited for having laid the foundations of the modern central administrative structure of the state , including the creation of counties -lrb- -rrb- .
