Baltzar_von_Platen_(1766–1829)
Baltzar von Platen (1766–1829)
Swedish naval officer and statesman
Count Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen (29 May 1766 – 6 December 1829) was a Swedish naval officer and statesman.[1] He was born on the island of Rügen (now in Germany) to Philip Julius Bernhard von Platen, Field Marshal and the Swedish Governor General of Pomerania, and Regina Juliana von Usedom.