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Facts

Born August 17, 1603 • Sweden
Died April 7, 1651 (aged 47) • Stockholm • Sweden
Role In Thirty Years’ War

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Lennart Torstenson, detail from a portrait by an unknown artist, 1648; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden.
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