List of 1632 Characters - Lennart Torstenson

Lennart Torstenson

General Lennart Torstenson was a famed understudy of Gustavus Adolphus who in his early career primarily managed the king's artillery brigades. He had an illustrious career and survived the fall of Gustavus, captivity (Alte Veste), serious illness, and became a Field Marshal in the Swedish Empire.

In the 1632 series: In 1632 he served at the Battle of Alte Viste. In the novel 1634: The Baltic War he led the land forces relieving the Siege of Luebeck, and took overall command of Gustavus' northern armies while the monarch conducted affairs of state with Prime Minister Stearns and King Christian IV of Denmark. His force, assisted by uptimer General Frank Jackson chased the Danish forces from the region and then totally destroyed the French army pinned in the base of the Jutland peninsula. In 1633, he was a steady hand during the near riot that precipitated the transition from the cumbersome patchwork of the Confederated Principalities of Europe to the more modern United States of Europe.