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Lennart Torstensson

1603 - 1651

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Lennart Torstensson (17 August 1603 – 7 April 1651), Swedish Field Marshal and later Governor-General of Pomerania, Västergötland, Dalsland, Värmland and Halland. He adapted the use of artillery on the battlefield, making it a more mobile weapon than previously known. Torstensson achieved important victories in the Thirty Years' War and in Sweden's war against Denmark (1643-45), which is named the Torstenson War after him. The period of his supreme command marks one of the most successful chapters in the military history of the Swedish army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lennart Torstensson is the 34th most popular engineer (down from 29th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Engineer.

Lennart Torstensson is most famous for his military victories in the Thirty Years War.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Lennart Torstensson ranks 34 out of 389. Before him are Willy Messerschmitt, Bassel al-Assad, Hermann Oberth, Jiro Horikoshi, Philo of Byzantium, and Albert Göring. After him are Theodore von Kármán, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hertha Ayrton, Anthony Fokker, Emil Škoda, and Loránd Eötvös.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Lennart Torstensson ranks 5. Before him are Abel Tasman, Roger Williams, Joseph of Cupertino, and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur. After him are Fasilides, Adam Olearius, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Aert van der Neer, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1651, Lennart Torstensson ranks 4. Before him are Kösem Sultan, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and Ngawang Namgyal. After him are Tokugawa Iemitsu, Abraham Bloemaert, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Tugay Bey, Giulia Tofana, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, and Cornelis de Vos.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lennart Torstensson ranks 121 out of 1,879. Before him are Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Jenny Lind (1820), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), Franz Berwald (1796), Peter Stormare (1953), and Nils Liedholm (1922). After him are Charles VII of Sweden (1130), Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861), Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), and Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681).

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Among ENGINEERS In Sweden

Among engineers born in Sweden, Lennart Torstensson ranks 1. After him are Gustaf de Laval (1845), Harry Nyquist (1889), Erik Dahlbergh (1625), Johan August Brinell (1849), Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), and Waloddi Weibull (1887).

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