Nils von Rosenstein

Nils von Rosenstein (1 December 1752 — 7 August 1824) was a Swedish civil servant and propagator for enlightenment thinking. He served as tutor to the future King Gustav IV Adolf for eleven years (1784–1795) and as the first permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. He was a son of the physician Professor Nils Rosén von Rosenstein.[1]

Nils von Rosenstein, painting by Per Krafft the elder.

Notes

  1. Stålmarck, Torkel, "von Rosenstein, Nils", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 30, pp. 439–443
Cultural offices
Preceded by
First holder
Swedish Academy
Seat No.11

1786–1824
Succeeded by
Lars Magnus Enberg
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