Forstena, Manor house in Vänersborg, Sweden.
Forstena is a manor house in Västra Tunhem parish, at the foot of Hunneberg in Vänersborg Municipality. It was long the seat of the Forstena family, and Lennart Torstenson was born there on 17 August 1603. A monument to Torstenson was raised in 1903, but it stands on the land of the neighbouring farm Nygård.
Forstena was long the seat of the Forstena family; Lennart Torstenson was born there on 17 August 1603. The estate was later reduced to the crown and became a major's residence. A monument to Torstenson was raised in 1903, but it stands on the land of the neighbouring Nygård farm.
Forstena was the seat of the Forstena family, and Lennart Torstenson was born there on 17 August 1603. A monument to him was raised in 1903, but it stands on the land of the neighbouring Nygård farm, not at Forstena itself.
Forstena stands in Västra Tunhem parish at the foot of Hunneberg, in Vänersborg Municipality. The buildings form a governmental listed building complex, so they are seen from the outside; the Torstenson monument of 1903 is not on the estate itself but on the land of the neighbouring farm Nygård.
Lennart Torstenson, born at Forstena on 17 August 1603, became a field marshal under Gustavus Adolphus. A monument to him was raised in 1903, but it stands on the land of the neighbouring farm Nygård, not on Forstena's own grounds.
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