Draft:Otto Gustaf Nordenskiöld

Otto Gustaf Nordensköld (9 December 1780 in Frugård in Finland – 6 December 1861 in Karlskrona) was a Swedish baron and naval officer, grandson of Carl Fredrik Nordenskjöld the Elder and son of Colonel in the Fortification Adolf Gustaf Nordenskjöld (died 1821). He married in 1808 in Karlskrona to Anna Fredrika Lidströmer (1786–1842), daughter of the inventor and lieutenant colonel Jonas Lidströmer.

Biography

In 1795, Nordensköld became an ensign in the navy, participated in and led numerous naval expeditions. A position in the British Navy in 1799 was interrupted at the beginning of 1801 by the breaking of peace between Great Britain and the Nordic powers, during which Nordensköld was held as a prisoner of war in England. During the Finnish War 1808 to 1809, he served as a flag adjutant in the first year and in 1809 as the first flag adjutant in the expedition to Västerbotten. During the war operations in Norway 1814, Nordensköld commanded a frigate squadron that was tasked with blockading the Norwegian coast. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1821 and was called to serve as the head of the Navy's Administration in 1837, but returned to Karlskrona in 1841 as the commanding admiral and commander-in-chief. In the meantime, he had been promoted to vice admiral in 1840 and made a baron in 1841. In 1845, he was promoted to admiral and retired from service in 1846. At the noble estate's negotiations at the parliaments, Nordensköld passionately defended the so-called Great Fleet. He was a member of the naval defence committees appointed in 1826 and 1841 and a member of the Union Committee from 1839 to 1841, as well as a member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.