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Augustin Ehrensvärd

1710-1772 · Swedish · 1 places

Swedish military engineer, field marshal, and artist who founded the sea fortress of Sveaborg, today Suomenlinna, off Helsinki in 1748. Trained in fortification under Christopher Polhem, he adapted French bastion theory to the rocky island…

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