1641 in Sweden

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Lennart Torstenson 2

Events from the year 1641 in Sweden

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchChristina

Events[]

  • May - Lennart Torstensson is appointed field marshal and becomes the leader of the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War in Germany.

Births[]

  • 20 January - Anders Torstenson, member of the Privy Council, Governor-General of Estonia (died 1686)
  • Urban Hjärne, chemist, geologist, physician and writer (died 1724)
  • Fabian Wrede, Count of Östanå, politician (died 1712)
  • Waldemar von Wrangel, soldier (died 1675)
  • Hans Wachtmeister, admiral general of the Swedish Navy and advisor to King Charles XI of Sweden and King Charles XII of Sweden (died 1714)

Deaths[]

  • Johan Banér, Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War (born 1596)

References[]


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