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Johan August Sandels

Count Johan August Sandels (1764-1831) was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Viceroy of Norway (Riksståthållare) 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824. He also served as acting Over-Governor of Stockholm in 1815. In the Finnish War (1808-1809) he led the Swedish troops to victory, against the Russian forces, at the Battle at Virta Bridge. These events and others in of the Finnish War were late retold in a series of epic poems by Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

See also: List of Swedish military commanders, List of Swedish wars

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Finnish War | Joachim Zachris Duncker | List of Norwegian Prime Ministers | List of Prime Ministers of Norway | List of Swedish Field Marshalls | List of Swedish Field Marshals | List of people by name: Sa | List of people by name: Sa-Sb | List of people by name: Sb | Norwegian Prime Ministers | Over-Governor of Stockholm | Prime Minister of Norway | Swedish Field Marshal | Swedish Field Marshals | The Finnish War | Viceroy of Norway | Viceroys of Norway

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