Axel Kurck

Axel Jönsson Kurck (also known as Akseli Kurki in Finnish), born 1555, died 30 March 1630 in Nakkila) was a colonel in the Swedish army and nobleman.

Since 1582 Kurck was the lord of Koporye fortress in Ingria and later served as a judge in the Finnish hundreds of Upper Satakunta and Vehmaa.

Kurck and captain Arvid Stålarm were sent to Linköping where they were tried and condemned along with other captured opposition leaders.

Stålarm and Kurck also survived the subsequent Linköping bloodbath but remained imprisoned in the Gripsholm Castle.

During the Ingrian War Kurck served as a captain under the command of Jacob De la Gardie.