Encyclopedia > Anders Torstenson

Article Content

Anders Torstenson

Count Anders Torstenson (1641-1686), 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 on the sword-side in 1727.

See also: List of Swedish politicians

References

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

French resistance

... the war practically every Frenchman claimed to have had connections to resistance. Some – like Maurice Papon – even manufactured a false resistance past for ...