Jöran Persson
Swedish politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson (c. 1530 – September 1568), was King Eric XIV of Sweden's favorite, most trusted counsellor and head of the King's network of spies. He was widely seen as a Machiavellian figure, and as holding too much influence over Eric. On both occasions on which the King was removed from power, Persson was quickly arrested by the nobility; the second time he was executed shortly after his arrest.
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For the former Swedish prime minister, see Göran Persson. For the Swedish politician from Simrishamn, see Göran Persson (born 1960).