List of Swedish field marshals explained

This is a list of the 77 field marshals (Fältmarskalk) of Sweden,^[1] with their respective years of appointment, from the 16th to the 19th century.

Appointed	Portrait	Name	Lifespan
1561		Klas Kristersson Horn af Åminne	1517–1566
1580			1550–1601
1582		Pontus De la Gardie	1520–1585
1608			1565–1618
1613		Evert Horn af Kanckas	1585–1615
1615		Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie	1583–1652
1615		Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby	1577–1622
1616		Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm	1574–1650
1621		Herman Wrangel	1584–1643
1631		Åke Henriksson Tott	1598–1640
1633		Dodo zu Innhausen und Knyphausen	1583–1636
1634		Johan Banér	1596–1641
1636		Alexander Leslie	1580–1661
1641		Lennart Torstensson	1603–1651
1644		Gustaf Carlsson Horn	1592–1657
1646		Carl Gustaf Wrangel	1613–1676
1648		Lars Kagg	1595–1661
1655		Hans Christoff von Königsmarck	1600–1663
1655		Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt	1619–1656
1655		Arvid Wittenberg	1606–1657
1656		Gustaf Otto Stenbock	1614–1685
1657		Axel Lillie	1603–1662
1657		Robert Douglas	1611–1662
1663		Gustav Evertsson Horn	1614–1666
1663			1618–1689
1665		Lorens von der Linde	1610–1670
1665			1630–1674
1665		Henrik Horn af Marienborg	1618–1693
1665			1620–1666
1666		Christopher Delphicus zu Dohna	1628–1668
1668		Simon Grundel-Helmfelt	1617–1677
1672			1622–1692
1674		Axel Julius De la Gardie	1637–1710
1675		Conrad Mardefelt	1610–1688
1675		Fabian von Fersen	1626–1677
1676		Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck	1639–1688
1677			1623–1678
1678		Rutger von Ascheberg	1621–1693
1690		Nils Bielke	1644–1716
1690			1630–1691
1690		Jacob Johan Hastfer	1647–1695
1693		Erik Dahlbergh	1625–1703
1693		Otto Wilhelm von Fersen	1623–1703
1696		Axel Wachtmeister	1643–1699
1706		Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld	1651–1722
1709		Nils Gyllenstierna	1648–1720
1712		Magnus Stenbock	1663–1717
1717			1658–1721
1719		Carl Gustaf Dücker	1663–1732
1719			1665–1726
1719			1673–1732
1719			1669–1742
1721		Axel Sparre	1652–1728
1727		Berndt Otto Stackelberg	1662–1734
1734		Göran Silfverhielm	1681–1737
1734			1668–1774
1751			1695–1759
1753		Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg	1689–1763
1754		Carl Henrik Wrangel	1681–1755
1757		George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein	1685–1763
1763			1688–1778
1765		Gustav David Hamilton	1699–1788
1770		Axel von Fersen the Elder	1719–1794
1772		Augustin Ehrensvärd	1710–1772
1773		Frederick William von Hessenstein	1735–1808
1773			1700–1775
1776			1712–1781
1780			1718–1790
1780		Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger	1718–1790
1786		Berndt Otto Stackelberg, Jr. [sv]	1703–1787
1799		Filip Julius Bernhard von Platen	1732–1805
1807		Johan Christopher Toll	1743–1817
1808		Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor	1744–1814
1811		Curt von Stedingk	1746–1837
1811		Hans Henric von Essen	1755–1824
1816		Carl Carlsson Mörner	1755–1821
1816			1760–1824
1824		Johan August Sandels	1764–1831

See also

• List of wars involving Sweden
• List of Swedish military commanders
• List of Swedish governors-general

Notes and References

1. Book: Braunstein, Christian . Svenska arméns uniformer. D. 3, Artilleriet, övriga truppslag och 1900-talets enhetsuniformer . Uniforms of the Swedish Army. P. 3, Artillery, other branches and standard uniforms of the 20th century . 2013 . Armémuseum] . Stockholm . Swedish . 978-91-86478-43-8 . . 45.