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Lennart Torstensson

1603–1651 · 17th century

Lennart Torstensson was a Swedish field marshal and artillery commander in the Thirty Years' War. Commander of the Swedish army in Germany from 1641, he won the Second Battle of Breitenfeld in 1642 and the Battle of Jankau in 1645, then advanced towards Vienna but failed to take Brno after a long siege. He later served as a governor-general in western Sweden.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lennart Torstensson. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lennart-torstensson
MLA: “Lennart Torstensson.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lennart-torstensson. Accessed .
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