had a son, Anders Torstenson, who also served as a Privy Councillor and Governor-General of Estonia. Also spelt Lennart Torstenson Bain 1911, p. 64. Steve...

The Torstenson War was fought between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645. The name derives from Swedish general Lennart Torstenson. Denmark had...

decisive victory for the Swedish Army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and...

The Grill family are noted for their contribution to the Swedish iron industry and for exports of iron and copper during the 18th century. Starting as...

Marshal Johan Banér (1596–1641), Field Marshal Per Brahe (1602–1680) Lennart Torstenson (1603–1651), Field Marshal Nils Brahe (1604–1632) Lorens von der Linde...

Adolphus, who regarded him as the best general in the Swedish army after Lennart Torstenson. Brahe was born at Rydboholm Castle (now in Österåker Municipality)...

Swedes had been defeated. The Commander of the Swedish artillery, Lennart Torstenson, was taken prisoner and locked up for nearly a year at Ingolstadt...

the fortifications were not perfect, and when Swedish Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson invaded Jutland, he was able to break through the ramparts. It was...

journalist and radio and television personality Lennart Thy (born 1992), German footballer Lennart Torstenson (1603–1651), Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad...

Source: Sten Svantesson Bielke (1633–1638) Johan Banér (1638–1641) Lennart Torstenson (1641–1648) Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1648–1652) Axel Lillie (1652–1654)...

excellent civil education. Later Charles X learned the art of war under Lennart Torstenson, being present at the second Battle of Breitenfeld (1642) and at Jankowitz...

families increased from 300 to about 600, rewarding people such as Lennart Torstenson, Louis De Geer and Johan Palmstruch for their efforts. These donations...

Torstensson (born 1949), former footballer from Sweden Count Lennart Torstensson or Lennart Torstenson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (1603–1651), Swedish...

destroyed by the troops of the Swedish Empire under Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson in 1645. Dürnstein Abbey (Stift Dürnstein) was established in 1410...

Sweden in the 17th century during the Thirty Years' War by Lennart Torstenson. Torstenson was the artillery expert of Gustavus Adolphus, and used them...

after a neutrality treaty was concluded with the Swedish general Lennart Torstenson. He was then able to begin the reconstruction of the city. The Archbishopric...

subordinate officers included the Swedish Count and Major General Lennart Torstenson, Lieutenant General James King (later first Lord Eythin), and Major...

by the Swedes. Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson had unexpectedly marched into Jutland in September 1643 (see Torstenson War). While engaged in operations...

Gustav Gustavsson, her illegitimate half-brother county of Ortala to Lennart Torstenson county of Kuressaare (later exchanged for Pärnu) to Magnus Gabriel...

Souches, succeeded in defending itself from the Swedes under General Lennart Torstenson, served as the sole capital of the Margraviate of Moravia. After the...

cirrhosis caused by his excessive alcohol consumption, after designating Lennart Torstenson as his successor. He was much beloved by his men, who bore his body...

War, the castle was again attacked by Swedish forces under General Lennart Torstenson in 1645. After several blazes, the owners of the Fürstenberg-Weitra...

Stockholm, Sweden. The building was built in 1644–1647 by Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson (1603–1651). The current appearance of the building dates from the...

during the waning days of the Thirty Years' War. It was named after Lennart Torstenson. The Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660), was a Dutch intervention in the...

after the Elector had switched sides, by Swedish forces under General Lennart Torstenson. Nevertheless, Saxony rose quickly after the war. Under Elector Frederick...

building was originally constructed in the years 1648–1650 for Count Lennart Torstenson, but was bought by Karl X Gustav in September 1657 and served as his...

1633–1638 Sten Svantesson Bielke 1638–1641 Johan Banér 1641–1648 Lennart Torstenson 1648–1650 Carl Gustaf Wrangel 1650–1652 Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna...

under fire from their own captured batteries, the Swedish cannon, under Lennart Torstensson, rotated, catching the tercios in a crossfire. After several...

part of the Thirty Years' War, Ascheberg fought under Field Marshals Lennart Torstenson and Carl Gustaf Wrangel. He distinguished himself on a number of occasions...

Torstenson (20 January 1641, Stralsund - 8 November 1686, Stockholm) was a Swedish Privy Councilor, Governor-General and Count. His father, Lennart Torstensson...