Armfelt's parents were
General,
Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757–1814) and Countess
Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie (1761–1832). He attended a military school in
Berlin and in 1809 he became a
cornet of the
Life Guards of Horse of the
Swedish army. However, Armfelt resigned from the Swedish army, moved to
Finland, and in 1811 entered the service of the
Russian imperial army as a
second lieutenant. From 1812 he served in the 3rd Finnish Jaeger Regiment and participated in the
war against Napoleon from 1812 to 1815. Armfelt became a
lieutenant in 1812 and
captain in 1814. He resigned from service in 1816 as a
lieutenant colonel, but returned to the army as early as 1817. Armfelt served from 1817 to 1819. On the staff of the Vyborg battalion of the Finnish Jaeger Regiment and then in 1819–1820 as the
first adjutant of the
Finnish Corps Division of the Headquarters of the Finnish Division and as an adjutant of the Emperor. He was then 1st Commander of the Finnish Infantry Regiment 1820–1827 and 1st Commander of the Finnish sharpshooter brigade from 1827 to 1830 until the disbandment of the Finnish Army. Armfelt was promoted to
colonel in 1819 and
major general in 1828. He resigned from the army service as a true state councilor in 1830. Armfelt was
governor of
Vaasa Province from 1830 to 1832 and governor of
Uusimaa Province (from 1838 as governor) from 1832 to 1847. He received the rank of
chamberlain of the imperial court in 1831 and was promoted to
lieutenant general in 1834. Armfelt was last a member of the Senate's finance department from 1847 to 1853 and inspector of the Finnish sharpshooter battalions in 1854–1855. Until 1852, he owned Elimo Manor in Pohjan parish and then Käpylä Manor in
Helsinki. Armfelt was married from 1819 to Englishwoman Louise Cuthbert-Brooke (1801–1865) whose father was Colonel Thomas Brooke of the
British Army. Their son was Major General Gustaf Wilhelm Artur Armfelt (1821–1880). == Gallery ==