1810: THE LYNCHING OF AXEL VON FERSEN IN THE MIDDLE OF STOCKHOLM - a podcast by World of Swedish History

This is the first episdode in the podcast World of Swedish History, where historians speak about Swedish history in English. Axel von Fersen was born in 1755 and as a young man he became the lover of the French queen Marie Antoinette and a close ally to George Washington. in 1810 he was lynched in the streets of Stockholm after he had been accused of the death of a danish prince who was supposed to be the crown prince of Sweden. Just recently a new eye witness report surfaced about the killing of von Fersen. Stockholm historian Mats Hayen tells the story.

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