Fabian von Fersen

Fabian von Fersen
Born	(1626-02-07)February 7, 1626 Tallinn, Swedish Estonia, Swedish Empire
Died	June 30, 1677(1677-06-30) (aged 51) Malmö, Scania, Swedish Empire
Buried	St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia
Allegiance	Swedish Empire
Service / branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1675–1677
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles / wars	Torstenson War Thirty Years' War Deluge (history) Siege of Kraków (1657) Dano-Swedish War (1657–58) March Across the Belts Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) Battle of the Sound Assault on Copenhagen (1659) Scanian War Siege of Malmö

Not to be confused with Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818).

Baron Fabian von Fersen (February 7, 1626 – July 30, 1677) was a Swedish general, freelord, field-marshal and governor general of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. He served the Swedish Empire in multiple wars and received appointments Field Marshal, and then Governor General of the Scanian lands, which included the provinces of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge in 1676.

Death

After his death he was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Reval (Modern-day Tallinn), where a sarcophagus created by the sculptor Johann Gustav Stockenberg was erected in his memory.

Sarcophagus of Fabian von Fersen in St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn.