Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710 – 1772) was a Swedish military architect, and lieutenant colonel

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Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (September 25, 1710 – October 4, 1772) was a Swedish military architect, a lieutenant colonel in the artillery. In 1747, he was chosen by king Frederick I of Sweden to design and construct a maritime fortress near Helsinki in Finland, then a part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Engraving by Ida Falander (1842-1927), published in Starbäck - Bäckström: Berättelser ur Svenska Historien ca 1880.

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