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Johan Puke
Swedish officer
Johan Puke (October 20,[1][2] 1726,[3][4][5][6] Klinte,[1][2] Gotland[7][2][4][8] – July 23[1][2][7][9][10],1756[3][4][5][6]), was a Swedish officer. He was executed for treason as one of the conspirators participating in the failed coup d'etat of queen Louisa Ulrika, the Coup of 1756.[3][11] Johan Puke was the father of Johan af Puke,[3][4][11] a Swedish naval officer who participated in the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790). In 1744 he became a Sargent in the artillery.[2][8][12][13]