The murder of Fersen ( Swede. Fersenska mordet ) - mob law over Swedish Marshal Hans Axel von Fersen , which occurred on June 20, 1810. [1] [2]
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History
After the overthrow of the king of Sweden Gustav IV Adolf as a result of a military coup on March 13, 1809, his uncle, Duke Charles XIII , succeeded to the throne. He was already in old age and therefore the Danish Prince Christian Augustus was elected heir to the Swedish throne, becoming a very beloved Swedish people. Karl Augustus died suddenly on May 28, 1810, when he fell off his horse during a military parade in Quiding. An autopsy revealed that the cause of the fall and death was a stroke , but in Sweden there were rumors that he was poisoned by the Gustavians, in particular, the king’s marshal, Count Axel von Fersen , who was helped by his sister Eva Sophie .
June 20, 1810 the body of the deceased crown prince was brought into the Swedish capital. As a riksmarshall, Fersen rode ahead of the procession, which aroused the indignation of the crowd that attacked him. He tried to hide in the town hall, but the crowd did not let him go and tore to pieces. [3] For various reasons, he was not defended by the military and their superiors who accompanied the funeral procession.
The crowd that killed von Ferzen was not dispersed after the murder and remained in the Riddarhustorget square. To protect the building of the Nobility Assembly , located on the square, General Karl Johan Adlerkreutz , who witnessed the murder of Axel von Fersen, ordered the cannons to be put out and ordered the crowd to leave the square. The crowd first calmed down, but then again began to throw stones at the soldiers and officers. Finally, people were calmed down after Adlerkreutz said that he would open fire on her. During the riots, several people were killed and injured. All these events, Karl Johan Adlerkreits described in his report dated June 25, 1810. At the trial, four people were convicted, including , the main culprit in the lynching of von Ferzen, who, after nine years in prison, was pardoned by King Charles XIII.
All suspicions were removed from Axel von Fersen and his sister, and he was buried with honors on December 2, 1810. His coffin was brought from the Steninge family castle to Stockholm, where he stayed one night and the next day the funeral procession proceeded to the Riddarholmen church, and then the coffin was taken to the Ljungs church in Östergöthland for final burial.
Literature
- Linnell, Stig . Stockholms spökhus och andra ruskiga ställen. Stockholm: Prisma. sid. 44. ISBN 9789151844893 .
- Lindqvist, Herman . Mordet på Axel von Fersen. Stockholms historia. Lund: Historiska media. Libris 10041383. ISBN 91-85377-11-2 .
- Nerman, Ture . Fersenska mordet: historiskt reportage från Stockholm den 20 juni 1810. Stockholm: Saxon & Lindström. Libris 1349632.
- Sahlberg, Gardar . Fersenska mordet: hur kunde det hända? Stockholm: Bonnier. Libris 7144358. ISBN 91-0-039388-6 .