Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten

Friherre (Baron) Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
Portrait by Carl Friedrich Bender
Born	(1727-11-10)10 November 1727 Borgå, Kingdom of Sweden (modern Porvoo, Finland)
Died	2 April 1786(1786-04-02) (aged 58) Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden
Allegiance	Kingdom of Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1739–1774
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Commands held	Sprengtporten's Free Corps (1761–62) Nyland and Tavastehus County Cavalry Regiment (1769–72) Life Guard Dragoons (1772–74)
Battles/wars	Pomeranian War (Battle of Neuensund) Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten's revolt
Awards	Order of the Seraphim (Nov. 1778)
Relations	Georg Magnus Sprengtporten (half-brother) Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten (brother)

Baron Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786) was a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten. He is most famous as one of the leaders of the Revolution of 1772, the coup d'état which ended the age of constitutional monarchy in Sweden known as the Age of Liberty and ushered in the period of absolute monarchy known as the Gustavian era.