Åke Henriksson Tott (or Achatius Tott; 4 June 1598 – 14 July 1640) was a Swedish nobleman, soldier and politician. His estates included Ekolsund in Sweden, Sjundby in Finland, Polchow in

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and

Lihula Lihula is a town in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia. Lihula Castle Lihula Castle () was first mentioned in 1211, but it appears the site was used as a fortress since the Iron Age. In 1220, a Swedish army started constructing a ca ...

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. He was born in

Lohja Lohja (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Lohja is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Lohja is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, munici ...

to Princess Sigrid of Sweden 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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of Sweden is said to have called him "the snow plow, who is going to clear the path for the rest". He married Sigrid Bielke, and fathered Clas Åkesson Tott the younger, and Åke Henrik Åkesson Tott.

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

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* Nordisk familjebok, 2:a upplagan, Malmö * Article ''Tott, Åke'' in ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' (2008). 1598 births 1640 deaths People from Lohja Field marshals of Sweden Swedish military personnel of the Thirty Years' War Members of the Privy Council of Sweden Swedish nobility 17th-century Swedish politicians Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish expatriates in Germany Finnish military personnel {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub

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