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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 served as president of the Christian education society Pro Fide et Christianismo.[1] He was the son of physician Professor Nils Rosén von Rosenstein.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Murray, R. (1971). Samfundet Pro Fide under 200 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Verbum. pp. 81–82. OCLC 186228009.
  2. ↑ Stålmarck, Torkel. "von Rosenstein, Nils". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 30. pp. 439–443.
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