Count Rutger von Ascheberg (1621?1693) was a soldier, officer and civil servant in Swedish service, being appointed Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678, Governor General of Skåneland (the Scanian provinces), i.e. the provinces of Scania, Halland and Blekinge, in 1680, and Royal Councilor in 1681. Engraving by Ida Falander (1842-1927), published in Starbäck, Bäckström: Berättelser ur Svenska Historien ca 1880.
Count Rutger von Ascheberg (1621?1693) was a soldier, officer and civil servant in Swedish service, being appointed Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678, Governor General of Skåneland (the Scanian provinces), i.e. the provinces of Scania, Halland and Blekinge, in 1680, and Royal Councilor in 1681. Engraving by Ida Falander (1842-1927), published in Starbäck, Bäckström: Berättelser ur Svenska Historien ca 1880