Johan Christopher Toll - Riseberga, Sweden - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

Toll was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Reinhold Gustav Toll and Baroness Elsa Sofia Gyllenstjerna af Lundholm. He volunteered for the army in 1758 and took part in the Pomeranian campaign of 1759–1760 but resigned in 1764 without having been commissioned an officer. He settled on the legal path and became deputy prefect in 1766. After allegations of misconduct, Toll was forced to resign. In 1769, he was appointed head forester in Kristianstad county - probably because of his contacts with the ruling hat party. At the following Riksdag, the caps took power and Toll was threatened with dismissal again. He now applied to the circles around King Gustav III and managed to get a role in the planned coup d'état. Now it was no better than that Toll started the revolution in Skåne on August 12, 1772 - before Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten got over the royal troops from Finland. The news reached Stockholm and Gustav III was forced to go into action without that support. However, the coup was successful and Toll's career took off. He was naturalized as a Swedish nobleman and appointed master of the horse.

Toll was promoted to major in 1775, lieutenant colonel in 1776 and colonel in 1780. He showed good ability as an organizer. Toll was a supporter of a strong royal power and one of Gustav III's most trusted aides. He was sent abroad on various secret matters and in 1783 prepared Gustav's planned invasion of Denmark. Gustav III's Russian war in 1788 was also planned by Toll, but when the Anjala Federation mutinied, the king lost control of Toll, who had to bear the blame for the shortcomings in the army's equipment. When Gustav III left Helsinki on 24 July 1788, Toll was not allowed to accompany him, and they never met again.

However, Toll received new assignments, among other things to organize the defense of Skåne in the face of a feared Danish attack. In 1789 he was sent to Karlskrona as general inspector at the fleet and member of a committee for the fleet's equipment. After the naval successes of 1790, Toll was publicly vindicated and recognized by the king who made him a Commander of the Grand Cross of the Sword. After completing his mission in Karlskrona, Toll took back the military command in Skåne and retained it even during peace. After Gustav III's death in 1792, Duke Karl put him back in charge of the military as head of the Krigskollegium, a member of the council and appointed him lieutenant general. But when Toll's cousin Gustav Adolf Reuterholm came to power, he was sent away to Poland as Sweden's envoy. In Poland he received a letter from Gustaf Mauritz Armfeldt about his plans to overthrow Reuterholm with Russian help. Toll advised but did not reveal Armfelt's plans. When the Armfelt plot came to light, Toll was recalled and, because he did not name Armfelt, sentenced in 1795 to the loss of his "office" and 2 years of imprisonment in Wismar.
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Description: He was the first to receive "King" Karl Johan Bernadotte on Swedish soil. Date of birth: 02/01/1743 Date of death: 05/21/1817 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: No Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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