Scheffer's father Peter Scheffer was a governor. His mother was Helena Maria Ehrenstierna. He had a younger brother called Ulrik Scheffer. When he was sixteen, Carl began working in the royal office as an unpaid employee. Within a year he had begun to record the minutes of the councilors' meetings. He then left his job to travel and spent four years abroad. After returning, he became a member of the
Hats party and won a seat in the
Riksdag in 1738. Scheffer was elected a member of the
Swedish Academy; he was one of the 13 people who were personally appointed by
Gustav III when the Academy was created, but he died before he had been formally installed as a member. Together with his brother, he had their estate
Stora Ek Manor modernised and rebuilt after French ideals. ==References==