# Peter Tordenskjold

> Vice-Admiral Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold was a Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy officer. Born in Trondheim, he travelled to Copenhagen in 1704 and eventually joined the Dano-Norwegian navy, rising to the rank of vice-admiral for his actions during the Great Northern War. He won a name for himself through audacity and courage and was ennobled as Peter Tordenskiold by Frederick IV of Denmark in 1716. His greatest exploit came later that year, as he destroyed a supply fleet of the Swedish Navy at the Battle of Dynekilen, ensuring the siege of Fredriksten would end in failure. In 1720, he was killed in a duel. He ranks among the most famous naval captains in Denmark and Norway. He experienced an unusually rapid rise in rank and died when he was only 30 years old.

*Norwegian sea officer (1690–1720)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1690-10-28
- **Died:** 1720-11-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
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- [پيتير توردينسكچولد](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%DA%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF)
- [Петер Весел Торденшелд](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4)
- [Peter Wessel Tordenskjold](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Wessel Tordenskiold](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskiold)
- [Peter Wessel Tordenskiold](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskiold)
- [Peter Tordenskjold](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Tordenskjold](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Wessel Tordenskiold](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskiold)
- [פטר טורדנשולד](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93)
- [Peter Tordenskjold](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Wessel Tordenskjold](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Wessel Tordenskjold](https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Wessel](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wessel)
- [Peter Tordenskjold](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Tordenskjold](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold)
- [Торденшельд, Педер](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Peder Tordenskjold](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_Tordenskjold)
- [Peter Tordenskjold](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tordenskjold)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q699748)

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