Wanted - Armfelt

Yesterday I visited the National Museum of Finland. The purpose of the visit was to see the Armfelt exhibition.

The exhibition was well executed. There weren’t too many objects and just the right amount of text to read. Sometimes museums get carried away and there is too much to read and one gets exhausted by all the information. On other occasions there isn’t enough information and so one doesn’t have any idea what the object is and where it came from. However, this exhibition gave a good overview of Armfelt’s life.

And what a life it was! He managed to be the favourite of one Swedish king and accused of treason by another. When he was accused of treason he had to stay in exile and travel around Europe. Luckily he had friends with big castles in different parts of Europe so he had no problems in finding accommodation. I wonder if they had sofa beds back then. Last years of his life he served as the acting Governor-General of Finland. By this time (1812-1813) Finland was part of Russia.