Sandels, Johan August

(1764 –1831) was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Governor-general of Norway in 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824. Sandels was born in Stockholm. In the Finnish War (1808–1809) he led the Swedish troops to victory against the Russian forces, at the Battle of Koljonvirta. Sandels also fought in the Swedish ranks against Napoleon during the War of the Sixth Coalition in 1813 and 1814.
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