Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Torsten Stålhandske

Battles of Torsten Stålhandske

Swedish general, born in Finland (1593-1644), 1594 to 1644

Torsten Stålhandske is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1633 and 1644: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Germany (4), Denmark (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,083 km apart end to end, 271 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Thirty Years' War (4), Torstenson War (1).

Battle of OldendorfBattle of DömitzBattle of WittstockBattle of ChemnitzBattle of KoldingBattle of OldendorfBattle of DömitzBattle of WittstockBattle of ChemnitzBattle of KoldingBerlinAmsterdamHamburgKøbenhavnDresdenCologneBremenDüsseldorfHanoverBonn200 km53.162N, 11.083E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1633: 1 engagements1 in 16331635: 1 engagements1 in 16351636: 1 engagements1 in 16361639: 1 engagements1 in 16391644: 1 engagements1 in 164416331644
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Oldendorf, 1633Battle of Dömitz, 1635Battle of Wittstock, 1636Battle of Chemnitz, 1639Battle of Kolding, 164416331644
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 July 1633Battle of OldendorfHessisch Oldendorf, GermanySwedish victory
22 October 1635Battle of DömitzDömitz, Germany173 km NESwedish victory
4 October 1636Battle of WittstockWittstock/Dosse, Germany82 km ESwedish victory
14 April 1639Battle of ChemnitzChemnitz, Germany261 km SSwedish victory
1644Battle of KoldingKolding, Denmark566 km NWSwedish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, A. G. Nyberg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.