Joachim von Düben the Elder (Swedish: Joachim von Düben den äldre; 22 August 1671 – 30 November 1730) was a Swedish statesman, riksråd and hovkansler.^[1][2][3]

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Joachim von Düben was the son of organist and composer Gustaf Düben and Emerentia Standaert, he was a grandson of the German-born Baroque composer Andreas Düben, and brother of lady-in-waiting Emerentia, Gustaf and Anders von Düben the Younger.^[1][2][3]

In 1709, Düben was captured near the Dnieper and held as a hostage in Moscow.^[4]

Düben anonymously published Uthwalde andelige sånger in 1725.^[5][6]

In 1719, Düben married Margareta Spegel, a daughter of Archbishop Haquin Spegel.^[4] He was in 1731, posthumously promoted, raised to comital rang.^[7][2][3]