A Jeton Depicting The Battle Of Leipzig 1813

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"Charles John, Crown Prince of Sweden. Commander of the Army of the North and also a Marshal of Napoleon's, the then Jean Bernadotte accepted an offer of succession to the Swedish throne on the death of its childless holder. Bernadotte was always a controversial character who certainly knew how to look after his own interests best. Unpopular amongst his peers, regarded as a traitor by the French and an upstart by the Prussians, his successors still hold the crown of Sweden, the only surviving family to have received royal status during the Napoleonic Wars.
Swedish Forces in Germany:
Brandenburg, Corps Stedingk 23,449.
Mecklenburg as part of Wallmoden's Corps Brigade Bergenstrohla, 3,814.
The Baltic port of Stralsund was garrisoned with 2,452 men."

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The Swedish army consisted of Swedes and Germans, the latter coming from areas of Germany then under Swedish control. The latter were organised into two regiments of infantry, a militia which was not used in active service and two small volunteer detachments. The ethnic Swedish troops were partly volunteers, men performing military service to the crown in return for a grant of farm land on completion of their service. The army's discipline, equipment, kit and armament were of a good standard. The officer corps was considered mediocre because of its lack of experience in the field. About half the army remained in Sweden, deployed along the border with Norway which, being under the Danish crown at the time, was fighting in alliance with the French. The Swedes were unenthusiastic participants in this war. Their small force was participating largely for political reasons so that the Crown of Sweden could claim representation at the peace talks, hoping for territorial aggrandisement.

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He never learnt Swedish though, which was probably not a problem, as most of the high nobility he associated with were well acquainted with French.