Johan Bergenstråhle Explained

Honorific Prefix:Major general
Johan Bergenstråhle
Birth Name:Johan Bergenstråhle
Birth Date:13 May 1756
Death Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Allegiance: Sweden
Branch:Swedish Army
Serviceyears:1788–1813
Rank:Major general
Commands:Nyland Regiment
Västerbotten Regiment
Unit:Nyland Regiment
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    Johan Bergenstråhle (13 May 1756 – 7 March 1840 in Stockholm) was a Swedish military officer who participated in Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790), and the Finnish War. In June 1808, he was sent as a colonel of the Swedish Army, with 1,000 men and four cannon 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

    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.

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