Johan Puke

{{Short description|Swedish officer}}

Johan Puke (October 20,{{Cite web |title=Johannes Puke |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Johannes-Puke/6000000019443341205 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=178 (Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok / 6. P-Sheldon) |url=https://runeberg.org/smok/6/0202.html |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=runeberg.org |language=sv}} 1726,{{Cite web |last=Bratt |first=Maria |title=Veckans gravsten – Johan Puke |url=https://www.rotter.se/nyhetsarkiv/3255-2019/2916-veckans-portrattfynd-johan-puke |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=Rötter |date=12 August 2019 |language=sv-se}}{{Cite book |last=Linné |first=Carl von |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fw7wCAAAQBAJ&dq=Johan+Puke+%221726%22&pg=PA265 |title=Nemesis Divina |date=2013-03-14 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-017-2398-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Zm5AAAAIAAJ&q=Johan+Puke+%221726%22 |title=Acta Bibliothecae Universitatis Gothoburgensis |date=1959 |publisher=Stadsbiblioteket |language=sv}}{{Cite book |last=Barfod |first=Johan Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zc5AAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Johan+Puke%22+%221726-1756%22+%22kapten%22 |title=Dagens märkvärdigheter |date=1963 |publisher=Natur och kultur |language=sv}} Klinte, Gotland{{Cite book |last=Hofberg |first=Herman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_EYAAAAYAAJ&dq=johan+puke+23+juli+1726&pg=PA307 |title=Svenskt biografiskt handlexicon: Alfabetiskt ordnade lefnadsteckningar af Sveriges namnkunniga män och qvinnor från reformationen till närvarande tid |date=1906 |publisher=A. Bonnier |language=sv}}{{Cite book |last1=Linder |first1=Nils |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I09FAQAAMAAJ&dq=Johan+Puke+%221726%22&pg=PA407 |title=Nordisk familjebok: konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi, innehållande upplysningar och förklaringar om märkvärdiga namn, föremål och begrepp |last2=Rosén |first2=John |last3=Westrin |first3=Theodor |last4=Olsson |first4=Bror Ferdinand |last5=Meijer |first5=Bernhard |date=1896 |publisher=Expeditionen af Nordisk familjebok |language=sv}} – July 23{{Cite book |last=Ragnar Svanstrom |url=http://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofsw008996mbp |title=A Short History Of Sweden |date=1934 |publisher=Oxford |others=Universal Digital Library}}{{Cite book |last=Wolff |first=Charlotta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vxvEAAAQBAJ&dq=johan+puke+june+23+1756&pg=PA40 |title=Noble conceptions of politics in eighteenth-century Sweden (ca 1740–1790) |date=2009-01-16 |publisher=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |isbn=978-952-222-782-9 |language=en}},1756), was a Swedish officer. He was executed for treason as one of the conspirators participating in the failed coup d'etat of queen Louisa Ulrika, the Coup of 1756.{{Cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Evan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ec-8DwAAQBAJ&dq=johan+puke&pg=PA144 |title=Eighteenth-Century Naval Officers: A Transnational Perspective |last2=Hammar |first2=AnnaSara |last3=Seerup |first3=Jakob |date=2019-11-06 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-25700-2 |language=en}}

In 1744 he became a Sargent in the artillery.{{Cite book |last=Dumrath |first=O. H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGFGAQAAMAAJ&dq=johan+puke+1726&pg=PA311 |title=Folkets bok: bd. N-Ö |date=1909 |publisher=Fröléen & Comp. |language=sv}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXJBAQAAMAAJ&dq=johan+puke+1726&pg=PA697 |title=Bonniers konversations lexikon |date=1926 |publisher=A. Bonnier |language=sv}}

Johan Puke was the father of Johan af Puke, a Swedish naval officer who participated in the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790).