Johan Bergenstråhle (13 May 1756 – 7 March 1840 in Stockholm) was a

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military officer who participated in

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, and the

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. In June 1808, he was sent as a

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of the Swedish Army, with 1,000 men and four

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to Vasa in order to retake the city from the Russians. The expedition failed and Bergenstråhle was wounded and captured on 25 June.

Military career

*1788, lieutenant colonel at Nylands infanteri *1805,

at Västerbottens regemente *1813, retired as

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Personal life

Bergenstråhle was married on 12 October 1785 to Carolina Margareta von Cristiersson (1767-1799), and they had seven children. He remarried on 23 September 1800 to Ulrika Gustava Riddersvärd (1781-1849), and they had ten children.

Sources

* Nordisk Familjebok 1756 births 1840 deaths Swedish Army generals Swedish military personnel of the Finnish War {{Mil-hist-stub