Nils Henric Liljensparre, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish police officer
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About Nils Henric Liljensparre
- Nils Henric Aschan Liljensparre, born Sivers (22 July 1738, Norrköping - 5 January 1814, Stockholm), was a Swedish police officer.
- He is most known for conducting the investigation of the regicide of king Gustav III of Sweden in 1792. Liljensparre studied law at Uppsala University and served in Svea hovrätt from 1762.
- He became an official at the royal council in 1765, secretary in 1772, and the head of the Stockholm police in 1776.
- Liljensparre is regarded as a devoted and effective police.
- He did, however, adjust himself to the demands of the crown even in cases when they bent the laws.
- This made him unpopular, but a favorite of the monarch, who ennobled him under the name Liljensparre in 1786.
- He organised a network of police agents in Stockholm. In 1792, he was in charge of the investigation of the regicide of King Gustav III of Sweden.
- He succeeded in identifying the culprit, but his investigation about the plots against the late monarch was not popular with the new regent, Duke Charles.
- In an attempt to ingratiate himself with the new regent, he is believed to have had rumors spread which contributed to the fall of Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt.
- In 1793, he was deposed from his position, due to his handling of the Ebel Riot, and send to Swedish Pomerania to organize the police force there.
- In 1799, he was given the responsibility of the Stockholm customs, where he was described as effective but despotic.
- He retired in 1811.
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