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{{Short description|Lieutenant-colonel of the Hakkapeliittas}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name          = Åke Henriksson Tott
| image         = File:Åke Tott.jpg
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1598|06|04|df=y}}
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1640|07|14|1598|06|04|df=y}}
| birth_place   = Gerknäs gård, [[Uusimaa]], Finland
| death_place   = Lavila, [[Eurajoki]]
| placeofburial = [[Turku Cathedral]]
| allegiance    = [[Swedish Empire|Sweden]]
| branch        = [[Cavalry]]
| serviceyears  = 1613–1632
| rank          = [[Field Marshal]] (''[[Fältmarskalk]]'')
| battles       = {{Tree list}}
* [[Thirty Years' War]]
** [[Battle of Grebin]]
** [[Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)]]
{{Tree list end}}
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Sigrid Bielke|1628}}
* {{marriage|Christina Brahe|1638}}
}}
| children      = [[Clas Åkesson Tott the Younger]]
}}
'''Åke Henriksson Tott''' (or '''Achatius Tott'''; 4 June 1598 – 14 July 1640) was a Swedish nobleman, soldier and politician. His estates included [[Ekolsund Castle|Ekolsund]] in Sweden, [[Sjundby Manor|Sjundby]] in Finland, Polchow in [[Swedish Pomerania]] and [[Lihula]] in [[Swedish Livonia]].

He was born in [[Lohja]] to [[Princess Sigrid of Sweden]] and nobleman Henrik Klasson Tott. He was appointed [[Privy Council of Sweden|Privy Councilor]] in 1630, and [[List of Swedish Field Marshals|Field Marshal]] in 1631.

In the [[Thirty Years' War]] (1618–1648), he commanded troops at the {{ill|Battle of Grebin|sv|Slaget vid Grebin}}, in 1627 and the [[Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)|Battle of Breitenfeld]], in 1631. King [[Gustavus Adolphus]] of Sweden is said to have called him "the snow plow, who is going to clear the path for the rest".{{cn|date=November 2024}}

He married Sigrid Bielke, and fathered 
*[[Clas Åkesson Tott the Younger]] (1630-1674), Swedish Field Marshal,
*Åke Henrik Åkesson Tott, died in infancy.

==Gallery==
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Image:Turku Dom Åke Tott u. Ehefrau.jpg|Åke Henriksson Tott's tomb in the [[Cathedral of Turku]]
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== See also ==
[[Hakkapeliitta]]

==References==
* Nordisk familjebok, 2:a upplagan, Malmö
* Article ''Tott, Åke'' in ''Biografiskt lexikon för Finland'' (2008).

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[[Category:People from Lohja]]
[[Category:Field marshals of Sweden]]
[[Category:Swedish military personnel of the Thirty Years' War]]
[[Category:Members of the Privy Council of Sweden]]
[[Category:Swedish nobility]]
[[Category:17th-century Swedish politicians]]
[[Category:Swedish-speaking Finns]]
[[Category:Finnish expatriates in Germany]]
[[Category:Finnish military personnel]]


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