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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lennart Torstensson has received more than 112,820 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Lennart Torstensson is the 29th most popular engineer, the 106th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 104th 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 29 out of 389. Before him are Andrei Tupolev, Artem Mikoyan, August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, and Philo of Byzantium. After him are Hermann Oberth, Albert Göring, Theodore von Kármán, Emil Škoda, Hugo Junkers, and Villard de Honnecourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1603, Lennart Torstensson ranks 4. Before him are Abel Tasman, Joseph of Cupertino, and Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur. After him are Adam Olearius, Aert van der Neer, Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark, Yerofey Khabarov, Francesco Furini, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Michel Le Tellier, and Marco Uccellini. Among people deceased in 1651, Lennart Torstensson ranks 3. Before him are Kösem Sultan, and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria. After him are Tokugawa Iemitsu, Abraham Bloemaert, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, Tugay Bey, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Ngawang Namgyal, Giulia Tofana, and Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lennart Torstensson ranks 106 out of 1,879. Before him are Anund Jacob (1008), Bibi Andersson (1935), Haakon VI of Norway (1340), Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938), Alva Myrdal (1902), and Bertil Ohlin (1899). After him are Nils Liedholm (1922), Svante Pääbo (1955), Rudolf Kjellén (1864), Ulf von Euler (1905), Arvid Carlsson (1923), and Peter Stormare (1953).

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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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