Axel Löwen

Axel Löwen (1 November 1686 – 25 July 1773) was a

In 1714, he prepared the defences of Wismar, and in 1715 he was part of the siege of Stralsund and took Kudön, close to Stralsund. In 1716 he was part of the campaign in Norway and at the battle of Norderhov he was again captured and became a prisoner of the Danes, Anna Colbjørnsdatter was part of this event.^[4] He was released in an exchange in 1719, and the same year he became major general and the director of fortifications. He made plans for additional fortifications, amongst them at Oxdjupet (Stockholm), and Hamina and Lappeenranta, both in Finland. In 1731, he became a baron.

From 1746 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1751 he became a count. He married Eva Horn af Ekebyholm, daughter of Arvid Horn, and became the father of Eva Löwen, grandfather of Adolph Ribbing, and great grandfather of the French theatre director Adolphe de Leuven.^[5]

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