Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710 - 1772)

• Was a Swedish military officer, military architect, and artist.
• Born in Fullerö Castle, Sweden.
• Ehrensvärd was elected a member of the member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1739, the year it was founded.

• 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.
• Building the fortress of Sveaborg became a life's work for Ehrensvärd, who kept expanding the island fortress until his death in 1772.
• Augustin Ehrensvärd was also the commander of the Swedish archipelago fleet from 1756 to 1766, and from 1770, until his death in 1772.

• In addition to architecture, Ehrensvärd's interests included painting, educational psychology and botany.

• Upon his death in 1772, Ehrensvärd was promoted to the rank of field marshal.

• Ehrensvärd's burial monument in Sveaborg was designed by king Gustav III of Sweden himself.

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