Oxenstierna, an ancient Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 noble family, the origin of which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century, which had vast estates in Södermanland

Södermanland

', sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanland and Uppland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea.In Swedish, the province name is...

 and Uppland

Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...

, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna ("Ox-forehead"; stierna, in modern spelling "stjärna", has the double meaning of "star") as a personal name towards the end of the 16th century. Its most notable members include the following:

• Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna, (1390s-1450), regent of Sweden
• Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna, (1390s-1450s)
• Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna
  Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna
  Jöns Bengtsson was a Swedish archbishop of Uppsala and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1457, shared with Erik Axelsson , and alone 1465–1466.-Biography:...
  
  , (1417-1467)
• Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna
  Axel Oxenstierna
  Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre , 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...
  
  , (1583–1654), Powerful chancellor of the Realm, during Sweden's Age of Greatness
• Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna
  Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Baron Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna was a Swedish statesman.Born either in Tyresö, Sweden, or in Reval , he was the son of Privy Councillor Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke...
  
  , (1587–1640)
• Bengt Oxenstierna
  Bengt Oxenstierna (1591-1643)
  Bengt Oxenstierna was a Swedish diplomat and noble, the Swedish Privy Councillor, Governor-General of Ingria and Livonia who traveled to Persia, Palestine and Egypt.-Biography:...
  
   (1591–1643), Swedish Privy Councillor, Governor-General
  Governor-General
  A Governor-General, is a vice-regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription. Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor General can be a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.- Current uses...
  
   of Ingria and Livonia;
• Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna
  Johan Oxenstierna
  Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre was a Count and a Swedish statesman.The son of Axel Oxenstierna, he was born in Stockholm. He completed his studies at Uppsala in 1631, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the Netherlands and Great Britain...
  
  , (1611–1657)
• Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
  Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
  Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna , Swedish statesman, was the son of Axel Oxenstierna’s cousin, Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna . Married to Magdalena Stenbock.- Career :...
  
   of Korsholm and Vasa (1623–1702), President of the Royal Swedish Chancellery, Military Governor of Warsaw;
• Christiana Oxenstierna
  Christiana Oxenstierna
  Christiana Juliana Oxenstierna was a Swedish noble. She was the center of a great social scandal when she married a non-noble against her family’s consent. Her case caused a debate about the law for marriage between nobles and non-nobles.- Biography :She was the daughter of statesman and marshal...
  
   (1661-1701)
• Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Count Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna was a Swedish poet, politician, diplomat and member of the Swedish Academy, holding seat number 8. He was a prominent courtier at the court of king Gustav III of Sweden and is considered one of the foremost poets of the Gustavian period. He was a member of the...
  
   (1750–1818), member of the Swedish Academy;
• Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
  Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (athlete)
  Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa was a Swedish modern pentathlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics....
  
  , winner of the Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon (1932).

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Carl XVI Gustaf is the reigning King of Sweden since 15 September 1973, succeeding his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf because his father had predeceased him...

, the current monarch, descends from the Oxenstierna through his maternal grandmother, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein was the consort of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.-Early life:Princess Victoria was born in Holstein, Germany...

, whose ancestor Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was son of Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten, great-great-granddaughter of Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna, 1st Count of Korsholma and Vaasa

Vaasa

Vaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...

, himself father of Bengt Gabrielsson the aforementioned and first cousin of Axel and Bengt Gustafssöner, as well as great-great-great-great-grandson of regent Bengt Jönsson the aforementioned.

External links

• A listing of members of the Oxenstierna family
• Link to the Oxenstierna Family Website