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also Ox·en·stjer·na O0205100 (o͝ok′sən-shĕr′nə, ŏk′-), Count Axel Gustafsson 1583-1654. Swedish politician who virtually ruled Sweden as leader of the council of regency during the minority of Christina (1632-1644).

Oxenstierna

(Swedish ˈuksənʃæːrna) or

Oxenstjerna

n (Biography) Count Axel (ˈaksəl). 1583–1654, Swedish statesman. He was chancellor (1612–54) and successfully directed Swedish foreign policy for most of the Thirty Years' War