Axel Otto Mörner
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| name = Axel Otto Mörner
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| birth_name = Axel Otto Mörner
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1774|6|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lekaryd Parish, Småland, Sweden
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1852|10|20|1774|6|8|df=yes}}
| death_place = Eksjö Parish, Småland, Sweden
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| image = Axel Otto Mörner.jpg
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| caption = A self-portrait of Axel Otto Mörner
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| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg|border=no|22px}} Sweden
| branch = Swedish Army
| serviceyears = 1777–1840
| rank = Lieutenant general
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| awards = Pour le Mérite
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| laterwork = Minister of War (1840–43)
| spouse = {{marriage|Ebba Modée|4 October 1801|}}
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File:Axel Otto Mörner - Bergigt flodlandskap med byggnader.jpg
Count Axel Otto Mörner (8 June 1774 – 20 October 1852) was a Swedish artist and general.
Family
Mörner was born in Lekaryd Parish in Jönköping County, Sweden and was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Count Carl Gustaf Mörner and Sofia Elisabet Steuch. He was the brother of Hampus Mörner, Charlotta Mörner, Gustaf Fredrik Mörner and Carl Stellan Mörner.{{cite web |url=http://www.nad.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8697 |work=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |title=Mörner, släkt |trans-title=Mörner, kinship |author=H G-m |access-date=6 November 2015 |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113100646/http://www.nad.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8697 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
On 4 October 1801 he married Ebba Modée at Rosersberg Palace.{{cite web |url=http://www.nad.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=8701 |work=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |title=Axel O Mörner |first=Magnus |last=Mörner |access-date=6 November 2015 |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113090731/http://www.nad.riksarkivet.se/SBL/Presentation.aspx?id=8701 |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Swedish Army lieutenant generals
Category:Napoleonic Wars prisoners of war held by Norway
Category:Swedish military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
Category:Ministers for defence of Sweden
Category:Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
Category:People from Alvesta Municipality
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