Lorentz Nordenadler · 1758–1837
An old soldier’s strange and incredible events
The testament to five sons
A complete English translation of Lorentz Nordenadler’s autobiographical account, published in Calmar in 1836. Every passage is aligned with a page-verified transcription of the Swedish original.
The edition
Nothing silently removed. Nothing rewritten as Lorentz’s own voice.
The translation retains Lorentz’s order, emphasis, repetitions, opinions and historical terminology. Doubtful readings are marked and explained rather than converted into confident prose.
- Original
- Calmar, 1836
- Extent
- 161 printed pages
- Format
- Swedish and English, sentence aligned
- Source
- Kungliga biblioteket
Page index
Read the memoir
- Part 1Pages 1–18Begin at printed page 1
- Part 2Pages 19–36Begin at printed page 19
- Part 3Pages 37–54Begin at printed page 37
- Part 4Pages 55–72Begin at printed page 55
- Part 5Pages 73–90Begin at printed page 73
- Part 6Pages 91–108Begin at printed page 91
- Part 7Pages 109–126Begin at printed page 109
- Part 8Pages 127–144Begin at printed page 127
- Part 9Pages 145–161Begin at printed page 145
Primary source
En gammal militärs besynnerliga och otroliga händelser, eller testamentet åt fem söner
The scanned 1836 volume is the textual authority for this edition. Notebook summaries and OCR were used only as navigation aids; every published passage was checked against the corresponding scan.
Open the digitized original at Kungliga biblioteket