Anders Torstenson

For the footballer, see Anders Torstensson (footballer).

Count Anders Torstenson (20 January 1641–8 November 1686), Swedish statesman, son of Lennart Torstenson and member of the Privy Council, was from 1674 to 1681 Governor-General of Estonia. The family became extinct on the sword-side in 1727.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "^{article name needed}". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Preceded by none	Governor General of Swedish Estonia 1674 - 1681	Succeeded by Axel Julius De la Gardie

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