Dorothea Maria Lösch was a Swedish master mariner, known for the incident during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790) in which she commandeered a Swedish ship during a crisis. She was the first female in Sweden to be given the rank of Kapten in the Swedish Navy. Her name has also been spelled Losch and Läsch.
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SwedenCategory
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
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Lived 1730 to 1799 · aged 69
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