Johan Bergenstråhle

For the Swedish film director, see Johan Bergenstråhle (director).

Johan Bergenstråhle

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; Bergenstråhle was wounded and captured on June 25.

Military career

1788, lieutenant colonel at Nylands infanteri
1805, colonel at Västerbottens regemente
1813, retired as major general.

Personal life

Bergenstråhle was married on October 12, 1785 to Carolina Margareta von Cristiersson (1767-1799), who bore him seven children. He remarried on 23 September 1800, taking Ulrika Gustava Riddersvärd (1781-1849) to be his wife: she bore him ten children.

Sources

Nordisk Familjebok

This article contains content from the Owl Edition of Nordisk familjebok, a Swedish encyclopedia published between 1904 and 1926, now in the public domain.

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