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{{short description|Swedish general}}
{{Infobox military person
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| name          = Fabian von Fersen
| image         = Fabian von Fersen.jpg
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| caption       = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1626|2|7|mf=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia under Swedish rule|Swedish Estonia]], [[Swedish Empire]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1677|6|30|1626|2|7}}
| death_place   = [[Malmö]], [[Scania]], [[Swedish Empire]]
| placeofburial = [[St Mary's Cathedral of Tallinn|St Mary's Cathedral]], [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]
| allegiance    = {{flagdeco|Sweden|name=Swedish Empire|size=25px}} [[Swedish Empire]]
| branch        = {{flagdeco|Sweden|name=Swedish Empire|size=25px}} [[Swedish Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1675–1677
| rank          = [[Swedish Field Marshals|Field Marshal]]
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| commands      = 
| battles       = '''[[Torstenson War]]'''<br>
'''[[Thirty Years' War]]'''<br>
'''[[Deluge (history)]]'''
*[[Siege of Kraków (1657)]]
'''[[Dano-Swedish War (1657–58)]]'''
*[[March Across the Belts]]
'''[[Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)]]'''
*[[Battle of the Sound]]
*[[Assault on Copenhagen (1659)]]
'''[[Scanian War]]'''
* [[Siege of Malmö]]
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| relations     = 
| laterwork     = 
}}

{{distinguish|Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818)}}
Baron '''Fabian von Fersen''' (February 7, 1626 &ndash; July 30, 1677) was a Swedish general, freelord, field-marshal and [[Governor-General in the Swedish Realm|governor general]] of  [[Skåne|Scania]], [[Halland]] and [[Blekinge]]. He served the Swedish Empire in multiple wars and received appointments [[Swedish Field Marshals|Field Marshal]], and then [[Governor-General in the Swedish Realm|Governor General]] of the [[Scanian lands]], which included the [[Provinces of Sweden|provinces]] of [[Skåne]], [[Halland]] and [[Blekinge]] in 1676.

==Early life==

==Military career==
Fabian von Fersen became a court cadet in 1643, participated as a volunteer in the navy in 1644 in [[Torstenson War|Torstensson War]] and then in the [[Thirty Years' War]], and became a lieutenant colonel in 1647. 

Fersen was a cousin of [[Otto Wilhelm von Fersen]] and, like him, participated in [[Charles X Gustav]]'s Polish wars and the wars against Denmark.<ref>Fersen, 1. Fabian von in Herman Hofberg , ''Swedish Biographical Handbook'' (second edition, 1906)</ref>

==Death==

When the Danes stormed [[Malmö]] in 1677, Fersen managed to repel the attack with only 2,000 soldiers, but he suffered such severe injuries that he died a few days later. He was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, [[Reval]] (modern-day Tallinn), where a [[sarcophagus]] created by the sculptor [[Johann Gustav Stockenberg]] was erected in his memory. <ref>[http://register.muinas.ee/?menuID=monument&action=view&id=1344 Estonian National Registry of Cultural Monuments]</ref>
[[File:Fabian von Ferseni sarkofaag 1344.jpg|thumb|[[Sarcophagus]] of Fabian von Fersen in [[St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn]].]]

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