# Torstensohn — The Adventurous Simplicissimus character guide

> Torstensohn in The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0052-xv-of-simplicissimus-life-with-the-troopers-and-what-he-saw-and-learned-among-the-croats

## Who they are

A Swedish general mentioned in the narrative of the war.

## In the story

### [XX: Treats of a Trifling Promenade from the Black Forest to Moscow in Russia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/xx-treats-of-a-trifling-promenade-from-the-black-forest-to-moscow-in-russia)

Mentioned as the Swedish commander who allegedly promised the colonel a regiment, though the promise proves false.

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