Count Anders Torstenson (20 January 16418 November 1686),

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statesman, son of

Lennart Torstenson Lennart Torstensson, Count of Ortala, Baron of Virestad (17 August 16037 April 1651), was a Swedish Field Marshal and military engineer. Early career He was born at Forstena manor in Västergötland. His parents were Märta Nilsdotter Posse a ...

and member of the Privy Council, was from 1674 to 1681 Governor-General of

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. The family became extinct in the male line in 1727.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Torstenson, Anders 1641 births 1686 deaths Governors-General of Sweden Swedish nobility 17th-century Swedish politicians Members of the Privy Council of Sweden