Arvid Posse

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Count Arvid Posse
Arvid Posse

In office
19 April 1880 – 13 June 1883
Preceded by Louis Gerhard De Geer
Succeeded by Carl Johan Thyselius

Born February 15, 1820
Rosendals slott
Died April 24, 1901
Political party Lantmanna Party

Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse (February 15, 1820-April 24, 1901) was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883.

Posse was the son of Governor Count Fredrik Posse and Baroness Magdalena Charlotta Bennet. He married Countess Amalia De la Gardie in 1846 and Ebba Hägerflycht in 1886. He studied at Lund University. He started his political life by serving as representative of the nobility at the Riksdag from 1856 to 1858.

Preceded by
Louis Gerhard De Geer
Prime Minister of Sweden
1880-1883
Succeeded by
Carl Johan Thyselius