Gustav Skytte

[1] Skytte was born at Strömsrum Manor in the parish of Ålems at Mönsterås in Kalmar County, Sweden.

His parents were Anna Bielkenstjerna (c. 1617–1663) and Jacob Skytte af Duderhof (1616–1654) who served as governor of Östergötland during 1645–1650.

One of his colleagues was his brother-in-law Gustaf Drake (1634–1684) the husband of his sister Christina Anna Skytte (1643–1677).

Christina Anna and Gustaf Drake fled the country, but Gustav Skytte was arrested and put on trial.

[8][9][10][11] Gustav Skytte was featured by Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895) in the 1857 novel The Freebooter of the Baltic (Fribytaren på Östersjön Stockholm: Albert Bonniers förlag).