Anders Torstenson

Governor-General of Sweden
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGovernor-General of Sweden
PlacesSweden
wasPolitician Landowner
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1641, Stralsund, Germany
Death1686Stockholm, Sweden (aged 45 years)
Family
Mother:Beata De la Gardie
Father:Lennart Torstensson
Spouse:Christina Catharina Stenbock Christina Catharina Stenbock
Children:Johan Gabriel Torstenson Gustav Otto Torstenson Margareta Magdalena Torstenson Carl Ulrik Torstenson
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Biography

Count Anders Torstenson (20 January 1641 – 8 November 1686), Swedish statesman, son of Lennart Torstenson and member of the Privy Council, was from 1674 to 1681 Governor-General of Estonia. The family became extinct in the male line in 1727.

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