Åke Henriksson Tott

{{Short description|Lieutenant-colonel of the Hakkapeliittas}}

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Åke Henriksson Tott

| image = File:Åke Tott.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1598|06|04|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1640|07|14|1598|06|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gerknäs gård, Uusimaa, Finland

| death_place = Lavila, Eurajoki

| placeofburial = Turku Cathedral

| allegiance = Sweden

| branch = Cavalry

| serviceyears = 1613–1632

| rank = Field Marshal (Fältmarskalk)

| battles = {{Tree list}}

• Thirty Years' War
• Battle of Grubin
• Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)

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| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Sigrid Bielke|1628}}
• {{marriage|Christina Brahe|1638}}

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| children = Clas Åkesson Tott

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Åke Henriksson Tott (or Achatius Tott; 4 June 1598 – 14 July 1640) was a Swedish nobleman, soldier and politician. His estates included Ekolsund in Sweden, Sjundby in Finland, Polchow in Swedish Pomerania and Lihula in Swedish Livonia.

He was born in Lohja to Princess Sigrid of Sweden and nobleman Henrik Klasson Tott. He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1630, and Field Marshal in 1631.

In the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), he commanded troops at the Battle of Grubin, in 1627 and the Battle of Breitenfeld, in 1631. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is said to have called him "the snow plow, who is going to clear the path for the rest".{{cn|date=November 2024}}

He married Sigrid Bielke, and fathered Clas Åkesson Tott the younger, and Åke Henrik Åkesson Tott.