Carl Gustaf Wrangel

Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Carl Gustaf Wrangel in 1662
Born	23 December 1613 Uppsala, Sweden
Died	5 July 1676 (aged 62) Spyker on Rügen, Swedish Pomerania
Buried at	Skokloster, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Rank	Field Marshal, Lord High Admiral, Lord High Constable
Commands held	Commander-in-chief of the Swedish army in Germany
Battles/wars	Thirty Years War (incl. Torstenson War) War for Bremen Second Northern War Scanian War
Other work	Count of Salmis, later Sölvesborg Freiherr of Lindeberg and Ludenhof Gouvernor-general of Swedish Pomerania chancellor of the University of Greifswald supreme judge in the Uppland

Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a high-ranking Swedish noble, statesman and military commander in the Thirty Years', Torstenson, Bremen, Second Northern and Scanian Wars.

A Baltic German, he held the ranks of a field marshal, commander-in-chief of the Swedish forces in Germany (1646–1648), and Lord High Admiral of Sweden (since 1657). Wrangel was gouvernor-general of Swedish Pomerania (1648–1652 and 1656–1676) and since 1664, Lord High Constable of Sweden and a member of the Privy Council. He held the title of a Count of Salmis until 1665, thereafter he was Count of Sölvesborg; by 1673, Wrangel's title was "Count of Sölvesborg, freiherr of Lindeberg and Ludenhof, lord of Skokloster, Bremervörde, Wrangelsburg, Spyker, Rappin, Ekebyhov, Gripenberg and Rostorp".

From 1658, Wrangel was supreme judge in Uppland, and from 1660, chancellor of the University of Greifswald. He held several estates, primarily in the Swedish dominions, where he constructed representative mansions - Wrangelsburg in Pomerania bears his name until today. Wrangel was a close friend of Charles X Gustav of Sweden.