Count Axel Otto Mörner (8 June 1774 – 20 October 1852) was a Swedish artist and general.

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Lieutenant general Count Axel Otto Mörner
A self-portrait of Axel Otto Mörner
Birth name	Axel Otto Mörner
Born	(1774-06-08)8 June 1774 Lekaryd Parish, Småland, Sweden
Died	20 October 1852(1852-10-20) (aged 78) Eksjö Parish, Småland, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1777–1840
Rank	Lieutenant general
Battles/wars	Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 Battle of Toverud (1808)
Awards	Pour le Mérite
Spouse(s)	Ebba Modée ​ (m. 1801)​
Other work	Minister of War (1840–43)

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Mörner was born in Lekaryd Parish in Jönköping County, Sweden and was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Count Carl Gustaf Mörner and Sofia Elisabet Steuch. He was the brother of Hampus Mörner, Charlotta Mörner, Gustaf Fredrik Mörner and Carl Stellan Mörner.^[1]

On 4 October 1801 he married Ebba Modée at Rosersberg Palace.^[2]