Åke Henriksson Tott (or Achatius Tott; 1598–1640) was a Finnish soldier and politician. His estates included Ekolsund in Sweden, Sjundeby in Finland, Polchow in Swedish Pomerania and Lihula in

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. He was born in Lohja to

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and nobleman Henrik Klasson Tott. He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1630, and

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in 1631. In the

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(1618–1648), he commanded troops at the Battle of Grubin, in 1627 and the Battle of Breitenfeld, in 1631. King

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is said to have called him "the snow plow, who is going to clear the path for the rest". He married Sigrid Bielke (1607–1634), and fathered Clas Åkesson Tott the younger, and Åke Henrik Åkesson Tott.

Gallery

Image:Turku Dom Åke Tott u. Ehefrau.jpg, Åke Henriksson Tott's tomb in the Cathedral of Turku

References

* Nordisk familjebok, 2:a upplagan, Malmö * Article ''Tott, Åke'' in ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' (2008).

External links

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1598 births 1640 deaths People from Lohja Field marshals of Sweden Finnish people of the Thirty Years' War Members of the Privy Council of Sweden Swedish nobility 17th-century Swedish politicians Swedish-speaking Finns {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub