Editing Axel Oxenstierna (section)

== Fictional portrayals ==

=== Film and TV ===
Oxenstierna has been portrayed on the stage and on the screen several times, mainly due to his role as mentor and guardian to the enigmatic [[Christina, Queen of Sweden|Queen Christina]]. He was played by [[Lewis Stone]] in [[Rouben Mamoulian]]'s 1933 Hollywood movie ''[[Queen Christina (film)|Queen Christina]]'', with [[Greta Garbo]] as the female lead role, by [[Cyril Cusack]] in [[Anthony Harvey]]'s ''[[The Abdication]]'' (1974) and by [[Michael Nyqvist]] in [[Mika Kaurismäki]]'s ''[[The Girl King]]'' (2015).

=== On stage ===
[[Samuel Ahlgren]] (1764–1816) played Oxenstierna in ''Drottning Kristina'' (1790), by the King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] who was an active playwright.

In [[August Strindberg]]'s 1901 play ''Kristina'', Oxenstierna is portrayed as a cold realist criticising Christina's extravagant lifestyle and her gifts to favourites.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dramawebben.se/pjas/kristina |title=Kristina |website=Dramawebben.se |access-date=15 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219134259/http://www.dramawebben.se/pjas/kristina |archive-date=19 February 2012 }}</ref>

The [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] part of Oxenstierna was first performed by [[Giovanni Carlo Casanova]] in [[Jacopo Foroni]]'s 1849 opera ''[[Cristina, regina di Svezia]]''.

=== Literature ===
Oxenstierna figures prominently in the ''[[Ring of Fire (anthology)|Ring of Fire]]'' hypernovel by Eric Flint ''et al.'' until the fifth main sequence novel ''[[1636: The Saxon Uprising]]'' in which he attempts to organize a counter-revolution to restore the supremacy of the aristocrats while Gustav II Adolf is incapacitated, but Gustav Adolf recovers and in chapter 52 Oxenstierna is properly rewarded for his treason, along with three of his staff officers who started to draw their guns.

=== Games ===
The computer strategy game ''[[Europa Universalis IV]]'' has several in-game events related to Oxenstierna's reforms and regency.