Axel Erik Roos

Axel Erik Roos (1684 in Årnäs in Västergötland – December 14, 1765 in Lövåsen, Gestad, Dalsland, Sweden) was a baron, lieutenant general in the Swedish army of Charles XII of Sweden, and governor of Dalsland.

Roos started as a 16-year-old page at the court of Charles XII in 1700, then accompanied the king during the Great Northern War and participated in a number of battles. He was wounded at Kliszów and Fraustadt, was appointed second lieutenant in the Södermanland regiment and, in 1707, lieutenant in the Närke-Värmland regiment. He was appointed to the ”corps of Drabants” in 1708 and accompanied the king to Bendery. There he excelled himself being cited for brilliant bravery in the skirmish at Bender and saved the king's life three times in one day, including protecting the king with his own body. Roos gave a detailed account of the skirmish at Bender in a letter which he personally delivered to the Swedish Queen Ulrika Eleonora. The account was printed in 1757 and has since been reprinted on several occasions. The letter is considered to have great historical value and the original is kept in the National Archives of Sweden.

Roos was appointed Adjutant General in 1713 and on the very same day as colonel in the South Scanian cavalry. Over the following years, Roos was employed by the king in several demanding and secret missions. During one such trip in 1716, he was captured by the Danish enemy, but managed to escape to Scania. He also participated in the 1718 siege of the Fredriksten fortress in Norway, during which the king was killed. Roos was wounded 16 times in the Great Northern War campaign. The king had great confidence in him and called him "Roosen", and he was almost always in the king's immediate proximity during the war.

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