7 April 1820(1820-04-07) (aged 63) Hertonäs, Finland
Allegiance
Sweden
Great Britain
Service/branch
Swedish Royal Navy
Royal Navy
Years of service
1765–1808
Rank
Vice admiral
Commands held
Fleet of the Army
Sveaborg Garrison
Battles/wars
American Revolutionary War
Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)
Battle of Svensksund (1790)
Finnish War
Siege of Sveaborg (1808)
Awards
Commander with the Great Cross of the Order of the Sword
Knight with the Great Cross of the Order of the Sword
Relations
Johan Gabriel Cronstedt (father)
Hedvig Juliana Jägerhorn af Spurila (mother)
Carl Olof Cronstedt the elder (3 October 1756 – 7 April 1820) was a Swedish naval commander responsible for the overwhelming Swedish victory at the Second Battle of Svensksund, one of the largest naval battles in history. He is often better remembered, however, as the commander of the fortress of Sveaborg (Finnish: Suomenlinna) during the Finnish War in 1808–09, which was fought between Sweden and Imperial Russia, and ended in Cronstedt surrendering the fortress.
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in early 1808 and began bombarding the fortress. Its commander, CarlOlofCronstedt, negotiated a cease-fire. When no Swedish reinforcements had arrived...
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the capitulation was deemed as an act of treachery—comparable to CarlOlofCronstedt's surrender at Sveaborg—however, under the prevailing circumstances...
thing for a woman to receive. She was recommended for the pension by CarlOlofCronstedt. After the war, Hagberg was given a månglerska-permit to trade in...
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