Lennart Torstensson

Lennart Torstensson (1603–1651) was a Swedish field marshal of the Thirty Years' War. A page to Gustavus Adolphus, he led the Swedish artillery from 1629 and helped win Breitenfeld in 1631. Captured at Alte Veste, he was imprisoned at Ingolstadt.

In 1641 he succeeded Banér as generalissimo, crushed the Imperials at the second Breitenfeld in 1642, invaded Denmark in the war named after him of 1643–1645, and won at Jankau in 1645. Crippled by gout, he resigned in 1645, was made a count, and governed Sweden's western provinces.