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Agneta Horn (August 18, 1629 – March 18, 1672) was a Swedish writer born to noble parents and a military father. She traveled a great deal throughout Europe in her lifetime as a result of living in a military family and later marrying another soldier. She is most known for writing her autobiography, ''Agneta Horns leverne'' (also spelled "laverne" or "lefverne"). ==Life== Agneta Horn was the daughter of Gustav Horn, Count of Björneborg and Kristina Oxenstierna, and the granddaughter of Axel Oxenstierna. She was born in Riga in what is now Latvia, because her father was a Swedish military officer stationed outside of the country at the time of her birth. At six weeks of age, despite the unusual nature of a whole family living together in a Swedish military camp, Agneta and her mother joined Gustav at a camp in Kurland, in western Lithuania.〔 The family lived there together through the fall and winter. In the spring when Gustav traveled to Germany with the military, Agneta and her mother returned to their Swedish home. Soon after, Agneta’s younger brother Axel was born.〔 The family was reunited with Gustav again in Neumark after Axel’s birth. Horn writes: "Because she took us both with her and sailed to Germany and landed at Wolgast, where my father met her. Then, he took her and us with him to the army, which at the time was in Neumark" (''Agneta Horn’s Leverne'', 1910). Therefore, from a young age, Agneta was exposed to Swedish military campaigns, particularly the war between Sweden and Denmark.〔 In her autobiography she recalls this experience: "But then came the King of Denmark and camped across from our army. And they began to shoot at each other's camps with guns. Because they were shooting so close together the bullets fell into our tent" (''Agneta Horn’s Leverne'', 1910). In 1634 Gustav Horn was captured by Imperialist military forces and held as a prisoner of war for eight years. Kristina died when Agneta was child. Her father remarried, and Agneta was raised for much of her childhood by a "cold and heartless" aunt.〔 Agneta continued to witness Swedish military life as an adult. She had no interest in civilian men and wanted only to marry a soldier; allegedly, she rejected one non-military man by burning his own gloves and dousing him in hot wax. Horn eventually married the "brav soldat" ("strong/brave soldier") Lars Kruus in 1648. As a married couple, they lived together in Poland and Germany. She regarded this time together as a period of "hardships and tribulations."〔 Agneta experienced unpleasant and difficult travel and multiple bouts of illness. In her autobiography, she wrote: "And I was so sick and so tired. Both from the trip by sea and the journey in a peasant wagon that shook me. I was so stiff, I could not manage to move when I arrived" (''Agneta Horn’s Leverne'', 1910).〔 Lars died in a campaign in Poland when Agneta was 26;〔 together, they had four children.〔 She returned to Sweden and never remarried.〔 As a widow, Horn maintained an active life. Horn was an involved and prominent member of "religious life of her community" and was active in running her estates. She undertook a project aiming to completely raze and rebuild a church in Björklinge. However, religious leaders in the region (Uppsala) convinced her to be content with a large-scale renovation and remodeling.〔 Her influence and work can still be seen in the church today. There is a plaque commemorating Horn and her husband, as well as a portrait of a mother with two children, believed to be a representation of Horn.〔 She died at the age of 42.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agneta Horn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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